Dr. Nasiru Mohammed Ladan Argungu,the Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Sources said that Argungu allegedly undermined his supervising Minister, Mr. Keyamo by delaying the take-off and payment to beneficiaries of the 774,000 Special Public Works Programme jobs.
Senior Special Adviser to the president ,Mallam Garba Shehu who announced this in a press statement on Tuesday said the directive was given on Friday, the 4th of December, 2020, and was to take effect from Monday, December 7th, 2020.
The Supervising Minister of the Agency, the Hon Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has been directed to nominate an Acting DG from amongst the most Senior Directors based on competencies and seniority to take over from Dr. Argungu until a substantive holder of the post is appointed by Mr. President, the statement added.
No specific reason was given in the statement for the President’s decision.
