In furtherance of his administration’s war against corruption, President Muhammadu Buhari has okayed the dismissal of five directors at the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) following reports of illegal recruitment exercise into the federal civil service.
All five directors, who were appointed during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, were sacked with immediate effect by the Head of the Service of the Federation, Wilfred Ekanem Oyo-Ita.
It was revealed that the directors were appointed against civil service rule and were found guilty of employment irregularities after investigation.
One of the reasons adduced for their sack was that they were above 50 years old as against the standing public service rules.
Meanwhile, other staff of the parastatal in charge of Nigeria’s pension were redeployed to the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.
This is not the first executive bloodbath of the Buhari administration as the president continues to shuffle personnel in his bid to reposition the civil service.
In 2015, the president sacked the boards of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the Asset Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, while two directors of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, were replaced after nine were sacked in February.
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