President Muhammadu Buhari has fired the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) Saratu Umar. 

Presidential aide Femi Adesina said in a short statement that the move is with immediate effect.

The President also mandated the most senior director in the commission to immediately take over in the interim.

She was first appointed in July 2014 by President Goodluck Jonathan’s government but was sacked in 2015. On July 5, 2022, President Buhari appointed her for a five-year term.