FG Removes Nwapa as NCDMB Boss

President Goodluck Jonathan has apoointed Denzil Kentebe as replacement for Ernest Nwapa, who held office as executive secretary of Nigerian Content Management Development Board (NCDMB) since 2010,

Kentebe is an architect with years of experience in strategic planning and policy management.

President Jonathan has also relieved Sharon Kasali, the executive secretary of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), of her job, appointing Asabe Ahmed, the current minister of state for agriculture and rural development, to replace her. 

Reuben Abati, presidential spokesman, confirmed the dismissal of Kasali, who has been in charge of PEF since 2007, but did not state any reason for the development. 

Ahmed, the new PEF executive secretary, is an indigene of Niger state and an alumnus of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. 

Jonathan has sacked a number of top government appointees since losing the March 28 presidential election. 

Sulaiman Abba, the immediate-past inspector general of police (IGP), became the first victim. A week after Abba was sacked, Habib Abdullahi, was relieved of his job as managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Similarly, Danjuma Sheni, permanent secretary in the ministry of foreign affairs, was suspended on April 28, while a permanent secretary was redeployed to replace him. 

Sheni was suspended over the controversial recall of Nigeria’s high commissioner to South Africa, following attacks on foreigners in that country. 

His alleged role in the controversy drew the ire of the president, as South Africa reacted negatively to the development, taunting Jonathan over the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.