Employees of the Corporate Affairs Commission allegedly rejoiced and danced after the dismissal of their Registrar General, Garba Abubakar, in Tigris Crescent, Maitama Abuja.
In a viral video shared on Saturday, a crowd assembled and was seen dancing around the CAC headquarters with a voice in the background noting that the workers were celebrating the removal of Garba Abubakar as the Registrar General of CAC.
The staff were gathered at the Tigris Crescent, Maitama, Abuja.
In the video, an unidentified man’s voice was heard, saying, “This is the celebration of the going of A.G. Abubakar, the most useless RG in the history of the Corporate Affairs Commission.
“The first RG to be sacked by Mr. President,” he said.
Meanwhile, Abubakar has been replaced by Hussaini Magaji.
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, approved the appointment of new leadership for several agencies and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.
According to a statement by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu appoints new leadership across the Industry, Trade and Investment sectors,’ the move is “in line with his resolve to base Nigeria’s economic revival on the foundation of trade expansion through small, medium and large-scale industry facilitation in the country.”
The other 10 newly appointed heads include:
1. Industrial Training Fund — Afiz Oluwatoyin
2. National Sugar Development Council — Kamar Bakrin
3. Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority — Olufemi Ogunyemi
4. Nigeria Export Promotion Council — Nonye Ayeni
5. Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission — Aisha Rimi
6. Oil & Gas Free Zone Authority — Bamanga Jada
7. Small & Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria — Charles Odii
8. Standards Organisation of Nigeria — Ifeanyi Okeke
9. Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria — Rabiu Olowo
10. Nigeria Commodities Exchange — Anthony Atuche.
Others are Veronica Ndanusa, who has been appointed as the CEO of the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, while Lucia Shittu will head the Tafawa Balewa Square Management Board and Oluwemimo Osanipin will replace Jelani Aliyu as Director-General of the National Automotive Design and Development Council.
