President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate removal and
the replacement of the Executive Secretary and the reconstitution of the board
of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRN).
He has
appointed a Chairman and a new Executive Secretary for the council.
The sack of the former Executive Secretary Jim Obazee may not be
unconnected with stepping down of Pastor E.A Adeboye as General Overseer
of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in compliance with the directive of
FRN.
The new
Council as approved by the President has Mr Adedotun Sulaiman, MFR as Chairman
and Mr. Daniel Asapokhai as the Executive Secretary of the Council.
These were
contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Garba Shehu.
The statement reads: “Mr. Sulaiman was a former Managing Partner/Director of
Arthur Anderson and later, Accenture. He is a Chartered Accountant and a
product of the University of Lagos and Harvard Business School.
“Mr. Asopokhai is a partner and a Financial Reporting
Specialist at the PricewaterHouseCoopers (PWC), Nigeria. He is a product of the
University of Lagos and the University of Pretoria.” It stated
President Buhari has also instructed the Minister of Industry,
Trade, and Investment to invite the nineteen ministries, departments and
agencies of the Federal Government and private sector organizations specified
in the FRC Act to nominate members of the board of the council.
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