Buhari names Basheer Mohammed new NAPTIP DG

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Senator Basheer Mohammed as the new Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Garba Shehu, Presidential spokesman, announced this in a statement on Thursday. Shehu said the president also approved some key changes under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Senator Basheer Mohammed as the new Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

Garba Shehu, Presidential spokesman, announced this in a statement on Thursday.

Shehu said the president also approved some key changes under the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.

Shehu said the action was taken in order to realise and sustain government’s abiding desire for effective and efficient service delivery in the two organisations.

The statement said Mrs Imaan Suleiman Ibrahim who was until now the Director General of NAPTIP will now take over Mohammed as the Honourable Federal Commissioner for the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI).

Shehu added that the President further directed that the changes should be effected after comprehensive handover notes to successors.