By President Muhammadu Buhari has formally approved the appointment of Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo as the acting Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE).
This was announced by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on his official twitter page, on Monday.
President Muhammadu Buhari has formally conveyed to the Hon. Minister of State, Labour and Employment, @fkeyamo, SAN, his approval of the nomination of Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo as the Acting Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment..
— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) January 18, 2021
He tweeted, ”President Muhammadu Buhari has formally conveyed to the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, his approval of the nomination of Abubakar Fikpo, as the acting director-general of the National Directorate of Employment, pending the appointment of a substantive director-general for the agency.”
“Last month, the president relieved the former DG of the agency of his appointment and directed the minister to nominate an acting DG to superintendent over the agency pending the appointment of a substantive DG.”
Recall the erstwhile Director-General, Nasiru Ladan Argungu was sacked by the President on December 7, 2020 in the wake of the controversy that trailed the Federal Government’s planned 774,000 jobs, following a reported power clash between Argungu and the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, who supervises the agency.
