- Tinubu approved the termination of the appointment and removal of Halilu along with four other executives of the company.
President Bola Tinubu has relieved Ahmed Halilu of his duties as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc (NSPM),
Tinubu approved the termination of the appointment and removal of Halilu along with four other executives of the company.
Halilu is the brother of former First Lady Aisha Buhari
Premium Times reports that Halilu assumed the role in September 2022 under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari.
Affected by the removal directive are Ado Danjuma, Executive Director of Corporate Services; Chris Orewa, Executive Director of Operations at the Lagos Factory; Tunji Kazeem, Executive Director of Security Documents; and Victoria Irabor, Company Secretary. Mrs. Irabor is married to retired General Lucky Irabor, a former Chief of Defence Staff.
The Defence Headquarters, under General Irabor’s leadership in 2023, intervened to protect former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele from arrest by deploying troops to secure his residence and workplace.
In the interim, Abubakar Minjibir, Executive Director of Operations at the Abuja factory, has been appointed as the acting Managing Director. The reasons behind Mr. Minjibir’s continuation in office were not specified.
Sidi Hakama, the spokesperson for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), did not respond to calls or messages seeking comment on the developments at the NSPM