It was long overdue and many Nigerians expected it. At last, President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the entire board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, with immediate effect. Haruna Imrana, director of Communications, Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation, announced this today on behalf of the Head of Service, HoS.

According to Imrana, the directive to the dissolution was conveyed in a letter signed by Danladi Kifasi, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation on Friday, June 26, 2015. The communications director said the President thanked members of the dissolved board for the services they rendered to the nation.