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President Buhari Sacks NDE DG, Argungu

President Buhari Sacks NDE DG, Argungu

December 9, 2020 1:54 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari has fired Nasiru Mohammed Ladan Argungu, the Director-General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE).

Buhari in a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, instructed the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Barr Festus Keyamo (SAN), to appoint an Acting Director-General from the senior Directors of the agency to replace Argungu in the meantime.

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Dr Argungu was sacked of his post in a memo issued last week Friday, December 4, 2020, taking effect from Monday, December 7.

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Only Lagos, Kano, FCT Still Conducting COVID-19 Tests – PTF

Only Lagos, Kano, FCT Still Conducting COVID-19 Tests – PTF

September 22, 2020 6:40 am

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chike Ihekweazu, has said that the COVID-19 transmission would rise with the reopening of schools and airports.

He, therefore, warned against complacency and the belief that infection rates were declining.

Speaking on Monday during a media briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, the DG said only Lagos, Federal Capital Territory, Ogun and Kano states had been consistently carrying out a high volume of testing.

Specifically, Ihekweazu said testing rates had declined drastically in Taraba, Adamawa, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Kebbi, Zamfara, Jigawa and Yobe states.

The DG observed that …

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