The senate has approved a request by President Bola Tinubu to sack Babatunde Irukera as the vice-chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC).
The president had asked the upper legislative chamber in a letter to sack Irukera because he is not “efficient”.
The president needs the approval of the upper legislative chamber to have a substantive replacement for Irukera at the commission.
“In accordance with the provisions of Section 8(2) of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Act 2018,” the letter reads.
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“I hereby seek the kind confirmation of the Senate in respect of the disengagement from office of Babatunde Irukera as Executive Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of the FCCPC with effect from January 8.”
The development came weeks after the president appointed Adamu Abdullahi as acting chairman of the commission.
At the time, the president also sacked Alexander Okoh, director-general (DG) of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE).
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