President Muhammadu Buhari has been accused of being slow in delivering key reforms.

He promised in his campaign, but one thing he has managed to do in his first two months as president is make key personnel changes, like the following: He promised in his campaign, but one thing he has managed to do in his first two months as president is make key personnel changes, like the following:

1. Service Chiefs: The role of the service chiefs is to ensure the security of the country which involves the Boko Haram insurgency.

According to Punch, Pres. Buhari revealed that the service chiefs were fired due to the way insurgency was handled during Goodluck Jonathan’s regime.

Recently, Mr Buhari visited United States President Barack Obama in Washington, DC, to discuss issues bordering insurgency.

The Nigerian service chiefs who got fired were the chief of army staff, Kenneth Minimah, the chief of Naval staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin , the chief of Air staff,Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu and the Chief of Defence staff, Alex Badeh. The service chiefs were relieved on Monday, July 13.

Prior to that decision, new replacements were appointed the following week based on merit. The new appointees are Major-General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin as Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General T.Y. Buratai as Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas as Chief of Naval Staff.

Others include the Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff; Air Vice Marshal Monday Riku Morgan as Chief of Defence Intelligence.

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2. The NSA: The National Security Adviser serves as a major adviser to the federal government on issues bordering on security. Col. Sambo Dasuki held this position until his recent replacement by Major-General Babagana Monguno. Dasuki was fired on the same day as the service chiefs with the same reason on insurgency.

3. NIMASA Boss: The appointment of Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as Director-General was also terminated three days after the Nigerian military chiefs were sacked. The most senior officer in the agency was ordered to act in his place till another DG is appointed.Although the sack took immediate effect, the reasons were not disclosed.

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4. Chief Security Officer: On Saturday, July 4, Mr Buhari fired his Chief Security Officer, Abdurahman Mani over ‘shady deals’ which was undermining the presidency as sources told The Cable.

The newspaper reported that Mr Mani had numerous allegations against him but the latest would have been leaking the itinerary of Mr Buhari to the former minister of petroleum, Dieziani Alison Madueke.

Mrs Madueke who usually traveled in private jets was in the same cabin as Mr Buhari on a British Airways flight to the United Kingdom in April 2015. If the CSO did indeed leak Pres. Buhari’s itinerary, Madueke’s presence on that flight was not a coincidence.

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5. Dissolution of Boards of Parastatals: The board of parastatals agencies and institutions that provide support to ministries across different sectors were also dissolved which took effect from Friday, July 16 2015. Mr Buhari said in a press statement released by Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, are to refer all matters to the existing permanent secretaries of the ministries during this period.