Buhari Sacks Acting DG For NTDC, Makes New Appointment

Mariel Rae-Omoh has been appointed as the new acting director-general of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC).

Her appointment by the minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as the acting DG of NTDC is with immediate effect, Vanguard reports.

She will take over from the former acting DG, Boniface Ebuka, who was appointed into the position last month following the sack of the former DG, Sally Uwechue-Mbanefo by the federal government.

The new appointment was conveyed in a letter dated December 28 and signed by the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Information and Culture, Mrs. Ayotunde, Adesugba.

Until her appointment, Rae-Omoh, was the director of Hospitality and Travel Trade.

She has spent most of her entire career life in NTDC where she has held various positions and responsibilities, including serving as the zonal coordinator of the former Calabar zonal office.

Rae-Omoh is graduate of Tourism and Management Studies (AN) Italy. She has a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Tourism and Hotel Administration.

Her appointment may have been related to an error in the first appointment of Ebuka into the position as she is believed to have been the most senior staff of the corporation but was overlooked for Ebuka.