FG sacks DGs of NTA, FRCN, VON, NAN others

Nigeria’s federal government has announced
the sack of the heads of the six information-
related parastatals under the ministry of
information and culture. The affected chief executives are the director-
generals of NTA, Sola Omole; FRCN, Ladan
Salihu; VON, Sam Worlu; NOA, Mike Omeri;
NBC, Emeka Mba; and the Managing Director
of NAN, Ima Niboro.
In a statement made available to this effect
by Segun Adeyemi, SA to the minister, he
directed the disengaged Chief Executives to
hand over to the most senior officials in their
various establishments.
Mohammed thanked them for their service to
the nation and wished them the best of luck
in their future endeavours.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari
approved the replacement of 13 vice
chancellors of Nigerian universities .
Twelve of them are federal ones, and Vincent
Tenebe, the vice chancellor of the National
Open University, has also been relieved of his
position. All these institutions were
established by the former president, Goodluck
Jonathan.

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