Buhari sacks AMCON Executive, appoints new MD

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the
dissolution of the Executive Management Team of
the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria
(AMCON).
The President also approved the appointment of
Ahmed Lawan Kuru as Managing Director of the
Corporation.
Kuru takes over from Mustafa Chike-Obi who was
appointed by the Goodluck Jonathan led
administration.
The President also approved the reconstitution of
the management team of the corporation as follows
Kola Ayeye as Executive Director, Eberechukwu
Uneze as Executive Director and Aminu Ismail as
Executive Director.
Until his appointment as Managing Director of
AMCON, Kuru was the Group Managing Director of
Enterprise Bank Limited.
He started his banking career with the old Habib
Bank in 1985 and rose through the ranks to
become an Executive Director of Bank PHB (now
Keystone Bank) in 2005.
A statement from the President’s Spokesman, Femi
Adesina on Tuesday said the appointment of Kuru
and the three new AMCON Executive Directors is
with effect from August 18, 2015.