President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Sanusi Ado Bayero, in what appears a reversal of his predecessor’s action.
The termination of Mr. Bayero’s appointment is with
immediate effect, a statement by Femi Adesina, the special adviser on media and
publicity to the President, said.
“He is to hand over the management of the NPA and all
government property in his possession to Habibu Abdullahi who has been
reinstated as Managing Director of the NPA by President Buhari,” Mr. Adesina
said.
“President Buhari wishes Mr. Bayero well in his future
endeavours,” the statement added.
Mr. Bayero’s was among former President Goodluck Jonathan
last-minutes appointments.
He was appointed to the position on April 29 after Mr.
Abdullahi’s removal.
No reason was given for Mr. Abdullahi’s removal at the time.
The review of Mr. Jonathan’s last-minutes appointment is one
of the key recommendations of the Ahmed Joda transition committee set up by Mr.
Buhari before his assumption of office.
The recommendations is part of a portfolio of swift steps
the committee believe Mr. Buhari must take within three months of assumption of
power if he must succeed.
The committee, as exclusively reported by PREMIUM TIMES on
June 29, said the president should review all appointments made by Mr. Jonathan
in the last nine months, and “for strategic agencies requiring professional
leadership, the government should terminate all appointments not based on
merit”.
The Joda panel said such move will save costs associated
with poor decision making by an incompetent management team, and must be
delivered within 45 days of the new government.
That recommendation appears to take into consideration the
last minute appointments by Mr. Jonathan after he lost the March 28 elections.
In less than two months, Mr. Jonathan, not previously given
to readily hiring and firing, sacked dozens of top officials and replaced them
before leaving office.
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