Due to the
abrupt termination of Department of State Service, DSS, Marilyn Ogar’s
employment by the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration she has the
federal government before the National Industrial Court, NIC, sitting in Abuja.
Ogar who
formerly held sway as the Deputy Director in charge of Public Relations at the
DSS under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, was on September 3, 2015, demoted and
compulsorily retired by the Federal Government. She was sacked alongside 44
other top directors in the security agency, who were beneficiaries of a
promotion exercise that was carried out by Jonathan’s administration in March
last year.
Ogar’s
elevation to the rank of a deputy director followed a commendation by
ex-President Jonathan who was impressed with her public enlightenment campaigns
on anti-terrorism.
However,
shortly after his election victory, President Buhari fired the then Director
General of the DSS, Mr Ita Ekpeyong, and appointed Lawal Daura in his stead.
Upon his assumption of office as DG of the DSS, Daura, immediately demoted all
the personnel that benefited from the promotion exercise that was okayed by
ex-President Jonathan, even as he summarily retired Ogar.
The promotion
was said to have been done with little regard to due process and extant rules
guiding such exercise. Prior to her retirement, Ogar was reportedly redeployed
to Maiduguri, Borno State, after her demotion. Her ordeal was perceived in some
quarters as a consequence of alleged partisan role she played towards the build
up to the 2015 general elections.
goodluck
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