The Director General of the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Ms. Sally Mbanefo, has been sacked.
Mabnefo has been instructed to hand over the affairs of NTDC to the next most senior officer.
The removal of the Chief Executive was contained in a letter dated 27th of November this year and signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Babachir David Lawal.
The letter was titled “Notification of de-secondment from the Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC).
“I refer to the attached letter, Ref. No. SGF.6/S.23/1/568 of 8th October 2013 in respect of your secondment from the Keystone Bank Limited to serve as Executive Director/ Chief Executive Officer of NTDC for a period of two years with effect from 6th May 2013”.
“You may note from the foregoing that the period of your secondment at the corporation had since lapsed on 5th May 2016.
“Consequently, you are to hand over the affairs of the corporation to the most senior officer on or before Wednesday, 30th November 2016,” the statement added.
Mbanefo was appointed as NTDC DG by former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2013.