President Bola Tinubu has reversed an appointment at the Solid Minerals Development Fund/Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative (SMDF/PAGMI) few minutes after it was announced.
The President had in a statement on Friday announced the appointment of Yazid Shehu Umar Danfulani as the Executive Secretary of the SMDF/PAGMI, only for the same appointment to be cancelled in another statement because “there is no vacancy in the agency”.
In the second statement, the presidency said the president approved the renewal of the appointment of Fatima Umaru Shinkafi as the Executive Secretary of the SMDF/PAGMI).
“She was first appointed into the job by President Muhammadu Buhari and is said to be one of the driving forces of the changes in the solid mineral sector,” Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said.
He said “The earlier announcement about the appointment of Yazid Shehu Umar Danfulani as the Executive Secretary of the SMDF/PAGMI, has been cancelled as there is no vacancy in the agency.”
