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President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria has fired Martin-Luther Agwai, head of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme for allegedly attending former president Olusegun Obasanjo's birthday party, Premium Times reports.
Presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, named Ishaya Dare Akau as the new head of SURE-P, Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme.
Mr. Akau has years of experience as a high-level administrator in the nation’s public service. He was Chairman of the Kaduna State Universal Education Board and Chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission.
According to the statement Agwai's removal was “in furtherance of his efforts to continuously re-energize and reposition agencies of the Federal Government for optimal service delivery”.
However reports say Mr. Agwai was fired for flouting a presidential directive forbidding any government official or member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to attend the birthday event of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, last week.
Mr. Jonathan and the former president have been locked in a longstanding row which has seen Mr. Obasanjo repeatedly criticise the president publicly.
#Nigeria #Jonathan #Olusegun #PDP #SUREP
Presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, named Ishaya Dare Akau as the new head of SURE-P, Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme.
Mr. Akau has years of experience as a high-level administrator in the nation’s public service. He was Chairman of the Kaduna State Universal Education Board and Chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission.
According to the statement Agwai's removal was “in furtherance of his efforts to continuously re-energize and reposition agencies of the Federal Government for optimal service delivery”.
However reports say Mr. Agwai was fired for flouting a presidential directive forbidding any government official or member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to attend the birthday event of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, last week.
Mr. Jonathan and the former president have been locked in a longstanding row which has seen Mr. Obasanjo repeatedly criticise the president publicly.
#Nigeria #Jonathan #Olusegun #PDP #SUREP
