President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday sacked all Director Generals of all Parastatals and Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the parastatals and agencies affected are National Orientation Agency (NOA), Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Nigerian Press Council (NPC).
Others affected are Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of Nigeria (VON) and News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
According to a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Media and Publicity, replacements were appointed to take over from the sacked DGs.
The replacement appointments include Mr. Lanre Issa-Onilu, Director-General/CEO of NOA; Mr. Salihu Abdulhamid Dembos, Director-General/CEO of NTA; Dr. Muhammed Bulama, Director-General/CEO of FRCN, and Mr. Charles Ebuebu, Director-General/CEO of NBC.
Others are Mr. Jibrin Baba Ndace, Director-General/CEO of VON; Dr. Lekan Fadolapo, Director-General/CEO of ARCON; Mr. Ali Muhammed Ali, Managing Director/CEO of NAN, and Mr. Dili Ezughah, Executive Secretary/CEO of NPC.
“The President tasks the newly entrusted leadership in these important sub-sectors to innovate and create new opportunities for Nigerians to leverage upon through the effective reform of these key institutions of government which function to unify our people, reshape mindsets, and showcase this great nation to the rest of the world.
“By these directives of the President, the above listed appointments take immediate effect,” the statement by Ngelale reads.