It’s not yet Uhuru for Barrister Callistus Obi Nwabueze, the newly appointed Acting Director General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as the agency’s Executive Director in Charge of Finance and Administration, Baba Haruna Jauro may have commenced moves to unseat him and take his place.

Jauro, said to be close to former Defence Minister, Theophilus Danjuma and other Directors in the Federal Ministry of Transport is said to have intensified moves to get President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse himself by rescinding on Nwabueze’s appointment and get the Permanent Secretary of the Transport Ministry to reissue another appointment letter to him as Director General.

He is believed to be leveraging on his personal contacts with some influential northern politicians to have his way

Our investigations reveal that rather than stay on seat to consolidate on the ongoing jobs at the nation’s apex maritime regulatory agency, Jauro has virtually moved to Abuja to mobilize pressure on the President, who just arrived from a four day working visit to the United States of America.

Should President Buhari bow to pressure by reversing himself, watchers of the new administration will have it on record that it has reversed itself on two other occasions which generated controversies. The appointment of an Acting National Chairman for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the immediate past Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega had handed over to the most Senior Director of the Electoral Umpire.

The President also revered himself over the issue of dismantling of military road blocks nationwide. The NIMASA Acting DG hails from Anambra and Jauro is from the North Eastern State Yobe. This move, if acceded to by the President may send a signal of bias against a section of the country, which the government had been accused of in some quarters.

http://www.journalngonline.com/2015/07/23/moves-to-unseat-nimasas-acting-dg-heats-up

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