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Acting CAC Registrar-General, Hajiya Saratu Shafii
The Federal Government,
on Tuesday, appointed Hajiya Saratu Shafii as the new Acting Registrar-General
of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
Mr. Moses Adaguusu, the
Head of Public Affairs of the Commission made this known in a statement in
Abuja.
Adaguusu said Shafii’s
appointment was conveyed to CAC through the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and
Investment.
He said that until her
appointment, Shafii was a Director, Incorporated Trustees Department of the
commission.
The new acting
registrar-general is a graduate of Law from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and
was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985.
Shafii started her
working career with the Niger State Ministry of Justice from 1986 to 1991, and
later joined CAC in 1992 as a Senior Litigation Officer and rose from the ranks
to become a Director in 2012.
News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) recalls that the Code of Conduct Tribunal had ordered the suspension of
the immediate past Acting Registrar-General of the commission, Ms Azuka Azinge
for not declaring her assets.
The order for the
suspension of Azinge was issued on December 24, by the Umar Danladi-led
three-man tribunal based on an ex-parte application by the Federal Government,
through the Code of Conduct Bureau.
The tribunal directed
the Hon Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment to execute the order of
suspension to subsist, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on
notice dated and filed on December 17. (NAN)
