President Goodluck Jonathan monday sacked Executive Secretary/Chief Executive of Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Mrs. Saratu Altine Umar.

The president approved the appointment of Mrs. Uju Aisha Hassan-Baba, as the new NIPC boss.

No reason was given for Umar’s sack in a terse statement issued by the presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati.

Hassan-Baba, the new NIPC boss, had served previously as Director-General, Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Anambra State and Director, Legal Services, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.

Jonathan thanked the out-going Executive Secretary/Chief Executive for her services and wished her well in her future endeavours.
Meanwhile, Jonathan will leave Abuja today to attend the 47th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government holding in Accra, Ghana.

The summit, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of ECOWAS, will receive reports on the current situation in Burkina Faso and Guinea Bissau and deliberate on issues of democratic consolidation and regional peace and stability.

The president will be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali; House of Representatives Majority Leader, Hon. Mulikat Akande and some of his principal aides.

He is expected back in Abuja at the conclusion of the one-day summit.