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No director has been changed or reassigned in the
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the acting executive vice
chairman of the commission disclosed last night.

“NCC has 11 directors and they are still directors,
only one of them, Fayomi, is on leave,” said Bashir Gwandu, the vice
chairman.

Mr. Gwandu added that only junior officers, among
which were a protocol officer and store keeper, were changed. “Most of
those changed were redundant,” he claimed.

Mr. Gwandu denied categorically that directors were changed.

The commission has been in the public eye since the
exit of Ernest Ndukwe, its first executive vice chairman. The
reassignment of its staff came after President Goodluck Jonathan last
Thursday, forwarded Eugene Ikemefuna Juwah to the senate as the
commission’s new executive vice chairman.

But an internal memorandum, allegedly issued by Mr.
Gwandu last Friday, ordered a reassignment of eight staff, saying this
was “necessitated by the absence of key management staff in some
sections of the NCC and the lack of adequate manpower in some units.”

Those affected include Sikiru Ibitoye, an assistant
director in the public affairs department, who was moved to the
Universal Service Provision Fund, an NCC subsidiary, as acting
secretary/chief executive.

Mr. Ibitoye took over from Funsho Fayomi, a director,
who commenced his annual leave on Monday. Mr. Fayomi has been head of
USPF since 2007. Felicia Onwuegbuchulam, an assistant director and
head, funding and subsidy, USPF, was moved to finance department. M. B.
Dari, a senior manager, takes over as head, funding and subsidy, USPF.
He was in the internal audit department.

Other postings are Basil Okoye, who moved from USPF
to public affairs, and Austin Odo, formerly of the Lagos zonal office,
who was moved to the office of the acting executive vice chairman as
special assistant.

Usman Mamman and R. Ramalan, both of corporate
planning department, were moved to legal/licensing. Phoebe Danyi moves
to USPF audit, from the compliance, monitoring and enforcement
department.