Nigerians makes twitter trend with their opinion, On the dismissal of the ex-NECO-registrar by President Buhari

Check out reactions and comments from Nigerians especially on the micro-blogging site, Twitter. On the sack of  Charles Uwakwe, the ex-registrar of the National Examination Council (NECO) by FG.

Uwakwe was one of the 5 top NECO staff members that were dismissed by President Buhari on  May 20, 2020. The development was greeted with remarks from Nigerians most of which supported the Federal Government move to sanitise the nation's education system. Many Nigerians trust that it is time for corruption in all sectors of the country to be history and as such gave their full consent to the sack of the NECO boss.

Other persons of similar thinking said that there was sanity in the education system until some bad eggs were brought into the system making things practically unbearable for everyone.

Tony4Real said on Twitter: "I am very sad by the actions of such people, they enjoyed when Nigeria was good, good jobs, free education, and they destroyed it."

However, another section of social media commentators has called for a tangible reason why the appointment of Uwakwe was terminated by the president. The question was specifically raised by a Twitter subscriber, #ORIJINAdre, who asked: "Any tangible reason for the termination?"

Meanwhile, eduregime.blogspot.com reported that President Buhari has cut-off the appointment of Uwakwe and four other management staff for various offenses. Their removal comes after a panel investigating allegations of misconduct against them while they were on suspension recommended they be removed. According to the newspaper, a May 11 letter signed by the permanent secretary Sonny Echono said Uwakwe was accused of violating the public procurement act.

A statement from Azeez Sani, the council’s head of information and public relations,  said the “President in exercise of his powers, has approved your removal as Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of National Examinations Council with effect from the date of your suspension from duty”. He was directed to hand over all government properties in his custody to the Acting Registrar of the Council.

Eduregime.blogspot.com also compile that the affected officers are: Bamidele Olure, Acting Director (Finance and Accounts), Shina Adetona, Head of Procurement Division, Tayo Odukoya, Deputy Director and Barr. Babatunde Aina, Head of Legal/Board matters. Olure was dismissed for financial impropriety and not qualified to head the Finance and Accounts Department while Adetona was dismissed for acts tantamount to fraudulent practices, sabotage and suppression of official records. Odukoya was dismissed for acts of serious misconduct.