The presidency has today announced that President, General Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Abubakar Fikpo as the acting Director General of the National Directorate of Employment pending the appointment of a substantive Director General.
The presidential approval was contrary to the position of the Senate which on December 10, 2020, urged Buhari to rescind the presidential directive sacking Dr. Nasiru Argungu, as the Director General of the National Directorate of Employment.
In sacking Argungu last year in the wake of the controversy that trailed the Federal Government’s planned 774 thousand jobs, Buhari had directed the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, who supervises the agency to nominate an acting Director General for the agency.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement today said Buhari had approved the nomination made by Keyamo.
The resolution of the Senate asking Buhari to reinstate Argungu followed a point of order raised on the floor by the Senator representing Jigawa East Senatorial District, Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia.
