Buhari reportedly sacks NECO registrar, 4 other top staff for fraud

President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Charles Uwakwe as registrar of National Examinations Council and four other management staff for various offences.

Their removal comes after a panel investigating allegations of misconduct against them while they were on suspension recommended they be removed, Daily Trust reports.
According to the newspaper, a May 11 letter signed by the permanent secretary Sonny Echono said Uwakwe was accused of violating public procurement act. 
A statement from the council’s head of information and public relations, Azeez Sani, said the “President in exercise of his powers, has approved your removal as Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of National Examinations Council with effect from the date of your suspension from duty”.

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