The Federal Government of Nigeria axed the heads of the six information-related parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.
As revealed by Segun Adeyemi, Special Adviser to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, the minister announced the disengagement during a meeting he held with the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of Nigeria (VON), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Monday .
The Minister directed the disengaged Chief Executives to hand over to the most senior officials in their various establishments.
He thanked them for their service to the nation and wished them the best of luck in their future endeavours.
The affected chief executives are the Directors-General of NTA, Sola Omole; FRCN (Ladan Salihu); VON (Sam Worlu); NOA (Mike Omeri); NBC ( Emeka Mba) and the Managing Director of NAN (Ima Niboro).
Reacting to the sack, Mr. Niboro, said:
“The minister met with us at 9 a.m today to inform us of government’s decision to replace us. He said he wanted us to be the first to know so we don’t get to read it on the pages of newspapers.”
“We thank President Buhari and the minister for giving us the opportunity to serve the administration for the past eight months. Some of us knew the pressure under which the government had been to remove us. So our removal this morning is understandable.
“I especially thank the minister for the gentlemanly manner he handled the whole matter. We are grateful and will continue to hold him in high esteem.”
