President Muhammadu Buhari has
sacked the Chairman, Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST), Mr. Siaka Isiah
Idoko-Akoh.
This was contained in a circular
by the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr. Mahmoud Isa-Dutse.
“I write to convey the approval
of Mr. President for your removal from office as the Chairman of the Investment
and Securities Tribunal (IST) with immediate effect”, it read.
“Accordingly, you are required to
hand over the office of the Chairman including all property(ies) of the IST in
your custody to Mr. J. I. Udunni, a full time member of the Tribunal, who by
this same letter from the State House has been appointed as Acting Chairman of
the IST.”
The Amalgamated Union of Public
Corporations Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees
(AUPCTRE), in reaction, hailed the development.
The Chairman FCT Council, Comrade
Aliyu Maradun and Ag. Secretary FCT Council, Comrade Adebanjo Jubril of
AUPCTRE, told newsmen that Idoko-Akoh failed on the job.
“It is very unfortunate that the
Chairman, Investment and Securities Tribunal (IST) Mr. Isiah Idoko-Akoh,
unilaterally handled IST as if it is his own personal private property without
recourse to Civil/ Public Service Rules and Constitution of Federal Republic of
Nigeria.
“The struggle for emancipation of
worker and revival of IST became pertinent, when the union discovered that the
Tribunal is on the verge of being collapsed by the former Chairman, due to his
high-handedness, maladministration and high level of corruption in which the
union petitioned ICPC, EFCC and Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit
(PICA) for investigation and prosecution,” Maradun said.
He recalled that the union’s
“struggle led to three picketing at the IST premises in order to draw government
attention and relevant stake-holders.”
“The AUPCTRE would always remain
committed to Mr. President anti-corruption war and the struggle for the
betterment of members who are workers in various institutions of government,”
he added.
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