Tinubu Sacks NCC Boss, Prof. Danbatta, Appoints Aminu Maida As Replacement, Others

President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta and replaced him with Dr. Aminu Maida.

This was effected Wednesday as Tinubu approved the appointment of new and returning Chief Executives to fresh terms in office across multiple agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy.

Prof Danbatta’s appointment, according to records ought to have expired in 2025, having been appointed in 2015 in the first instance for a first term of five years renewable in 2020 for another five years.
 
Further appointments approved include MD / CEO, Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) — Nkechi Egerton-Idehen; DG / CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) — Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi; National Commissioner / CEO, Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) — Dr. Vincent Olatunji and Postmaster General / CEO, Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) — Tola Odeyemi

 A statement by the presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale explained that in line with President Bola Tinubu’s determination to maximally leverage on Nigeria’s proven technological and digital economic prowess to reposition the nation’s economy toward greater financial inclusion, he has also approved the appointment of a new Special Adviser to the President.

 The new Special Adviser to the President on Technology and Digital Economy is Idris Alubankudi

 The president directed that the above-mentioned appointments take immediate effect.