Buhari drops Azinge for Shafii as acting Registrar of CAC

The Federal Government on Tuesday appointed Hajiya Saratu Shafii as the Acting Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, replacing Azuka Azinge.

The Head of Public Affairs of the commission, Mr Moses Adaguusu, 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 until her appointment, Shafii was a Director, Incorporated Trustees Department of the commiss

The new acting Registrar is graduate of Law from the 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 through the ranks to become a director in 2012.

Recall that 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.