Nigeria: Buhari Reappoints 'Incompetent' Official Sacked By Jonathan As Nigeria's Investment Chief

Nigeria's Investment Promotion Commission

According to a statement by the staff union chairman of NIPC, Ahamad Ghondi,"Mrs Umar violated so many provisions of the Procurement Act in awarding contracts to her cronies and had been running the commission as a private entity." She was also accused of several misappropriations, including approving a contract of N35 million for refurnishing her office.

The committee also found the sack of two NIPC directors by Mrs Umar undeserving, noting that the woman violated the regulations of the Federal Service Commission in determining the dismissal of the two officers. The investigative panellists found her guilty of serial posting of some staff cadre, suspected to be loyal to her, to zonal offices"without any specific assignment or portfolio.

However, the committee said there generally appeared to be a deficit of trust between Mrs Umar and the directorate of the commission. Unfortunately, the panel stated, the directorate had gained the sympathies of the staff who are tired of Mrs Umar's"authoritarian" leadership style.

Interestingly, a repeat of what led to Mrs Umar's sack by Mr Jonathan is what is happening now that Mr Buhari has reappointed her, her staff have alleged.Last July, seven years after the sack, the NIPC workers were stunned to hear that President Muhammadu Buhari, known for his anti-corruption rhetoric, had reappointed Mrs Umar. In her second coming, staff in the organisation say Ms Umar has become even more brazen, allegedly reenacting the abuses that typified her initial reign at NIPC.

Also, since she came back to power, Mrs Umar was said to have refused to consider pioneer status applications in the past year. She had ignored any memo on the subject matter against the directive of the Minister of Trade and Investment. Meanwhile, the pioneer status incentive is a tax holiday granting qualifying industries and products relief from payment of corporate income tax for an initial period of three years, insiders told PREMIUM TIMES.

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