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After about five months in office, the director-general of the anti-trafficking agency, NAPTIP, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has been removed and transferred to another agency.
Mrs Sulaiman-Ibrahim’s initial appointment as the boss of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) violated the law of the agency.
Section 8 (1) of the
NAPTIP Act 2015 stipulates that the director-general of the agency must be appointed from the directorate cadre in the civil service or from an equivalent cadre in any of the nation’s law enforcement agencies.
“There shall be for the agency a Director-General who shall be from the Directorate cadre in the public service of the Federation or its equivalent in any law enforcement service and shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Minister,” the legislation stipulates.
Consequently, the statement further stated that Bashir Mohammed, the NCRMI National Commissioner takes over as NAPTIP DG.
The statement further said the reshuffle was in order to realise and sustain government’s abiding desire for effective and efficient service delivery in the two organisations.
The new NCRMI federal commissioner was appointed as the head of NAPTIP after her predecessor, Julie Okah-Donli, was axed. She assumed office in December.
A politician and businesswoman, Mrs Suleiman-Ibrahim’s had served as a special adviser on strategic communication to the minister of state for education before her appointment last year.
On his own part, Mr Bashir represented Kano Central Senatorial District in the 7th Nssembly Assembly.