The purge of heads of agencies in the Ministry of Information and Culture exclusively reported by Qed.ng in July has begun with the removal of the Director General of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Mrs. Sally Mbanefo.
Her sack was contained in a November 27, 2016 letter signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal.
The letter titled Notification of de-secondment from the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) reads: “I refer to the attached letter, Ref. No. SGF.6/S.23/1/568 of 8th October, 2013 in respect of your secondment from the Keystone Bank Limited to serve as Executive Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) for a period of two years with effect from 6th May 2013.
“You may note from the foregoing that the period of your secondment at the corporation had since lapsed on 5th May 2016.
“Consequently, you are to handover the affairs of the corporation to the most senior officer on or before Wednesday, 30th November, 2016.”
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to approve the sack of more agency heads before the end of 2016.
High on the list of those likely to be affected are the Director–General of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Patricia Bala, and Managing Director of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Danjuma Dadu.
