JUST IN: Buhari Sacks DG National Directorate of Employment, Nasiru Argungu—According to reports, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of Dr Nasiru Mohammed Ladan Argungu as the Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) with effect from December 7, 2020.
TGM reports that this development was confirmed through a press statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Tuesday, December 8, 2020.
According to a report from News Agency of Nigeria, Garba Shehu revealed that the directive on the sack of NDE DG was given on Friday, December 4, 2020, but took effect from Monday, December 7, 2020.
The statement pointed out that the Supervising Minister of the Agency, the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, had been directed to nominate an Acting Director-General from amongst the most Senior Directors to take over from Dr Argungu until a substantive DG got appointed by the President.
Shehu also said that the nomination of the Acting Director-General should be based on competence and seniority in service.
However, the presidency did not give any specific reason for the sacking of the NDE boss.
