President Bola Tinubu has approved the sacking of Mr. Ahmed Halilu, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc (NSPM). Halilu is brother to former first lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari.
Four other directors including the wife of former defence chief, General Lucky Irabor, were also sent home.
Halilu, was appointed in September 2022 by former President Muhammadu Buhari. Others sacked with him are: Executive Director of Corporate Services, Ado Danjuma; Executive Director of Operations (Lagos Factory), Chris Orewa; Executive Director of Security Documents, Tunji Kazeem; and Company Secretary, Victoria Irabor.
Meanwhile, Abubakar Minjibir, the Executive Director of Operations (Abuja factory), is to act as Managing Director.
A top CBN official confirmed the removal of the NSPM executives
The job losses, it was learnt, may not be unconnected with a probe into the involvement of The Mint in the circumstances surrounding the printing of new Naira notes when Mr. Godwin Emefiele was the Central Bank of Nigeria.
