Tag: NIGERIA SECURITY PRINTING AND MINTING COMPANY

Tinubu fires Buhari’s in-law, MD of Nigeria’s Security Printing company, 4 others

Aminu Imam
Tinubu fires NSPMC MD

President Bola Tinubu yesterday ordered the immediate removal of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Plc, (NSPM), better known as The MINT, Ahmed Halilu, along with four other high-ranking executives of the company. Ahmed Halilu, who is a brother to former First Lady A’isha Buhari, was appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari in September 2022. The other dismissed officials include 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…

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HURIWA kicks, as Buhari appoints brother-in-law as NSPMC boss

Aminu Imam

Rights group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), has kicked against the appointment of Ahmed Halilu, older brother to the First Lady, A’isha Buhari, as the Managing Director of Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, (NSPMC) Plc. Buhari had reportedly approved the appointment of Halilu, an elder brother of his wife, A’isha, to head the company in an acting capacity following the resignation of Abbas Masanawa on May 16. Quoting the media report, the rights group said that President Muhammadu Buhari may have breached the oath of office of…

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Presidential Deadline: Masanawa, MD, NSPMC resigns appointment

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
ABBAS MASANAWA OF NSPMC

The Managing Director, Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC), Abbas Masanawa, says he has complied with presidential directive by resigning his appointment to pursue political ambition. Masanawa, who is one of the governorship aspirants of Katsina State, has bought and submitted Expression of Interest and Nomination forms. President Mahummadu Buhari had through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, directed all ministers and political appointees contesting for various elective positions to resign their appointments on or before May 16. Fielding questions from State House correspondents in…

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