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See Why CAC Boss Was Ordered To Step Down
Azuka Azinge, Acting Registrar of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has been asked to step down as head of the commission by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
Ms. Azuka stood trial before CCT on the 23rd of December on an eleven-count charge over fake declaration of assets.
She was also arraigned for collecting allowances that was not a part of her entitlements package as the registrar of the commission.
The head of Press and Public Relations of the CCT, Ibraheem Al-Hassan, said, in a statement, that the order was issued by the tribunal.
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The order says,“That defendant / respondent step aside as the Acting Registrar General of Corporate Affairs Commission over allegation of contravening provision of Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act CAP C1 LFN 2004 pending the hearing and determination of Motion on notice dated on the 17th day of December, 2019,” the order read.
“That the Hon. Minister of Trade and Industry and the Chairman of the Board of Corporate Affairs Commissions pending the hearing and the determination of the motion on notice, dated and filed on the 17th day of December, 2019.”
Hearign has been adjourned till the 6th of Junauary by the tribunal.
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