President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly replaced the Comptroller General of the Federal Fire Service, Abdulganiyu O. Jaji.
According to Sahara Reporters, Tinubu replaced Jaji with his deputy, Deputy Comptroller General (DCG) Olumode Samuel Adeyemi, who hails from Kogi State.
The approved a new Federal Fire Service Boss ahead of Jaji’s scheduled retirement on August 13, 2025.
According to the aforementioned publication, Tinubu’s appointment is set to be formally announced later today.
Recall that Jaji was appointed by the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, effective from Friday, April 22, 2022.
Before his appointment as Comptroller General, Jaji served as the Deputy Comptroller General overseeing Administration and Supplies within the Service.
He began his career in 1991 as a Higher Technical Officer at the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, where he held various positions before being redeployed to the Federal Fire Service in 1999.
Sahara Reporters had on Tuesday reported that a group of aggrieved personnel within the FFS had raised an alarm over what they described as an “illegal and unjustifiable recruitment exercise” into mid-management positions, accusing Jaji of circumventing due process to install loyalists ahead of his imminent exit from office.
The allegations were detailed in an open letter dated July 28, 2025, and addressed to the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and the Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), Gen. A.M. Jibril (Rtd).
The petition was signed by “Concerned Personnel of the Federal Fire Service,” who vowed to take legal and industrial action if the recruitment is not suspended immediately.
The protesting officers allege that the recruitment into Grade Levels 10 to 14 violates the CDCFIB’s 2013 Guidelines on Transfer of Service, which expressly prohibit lateral entry into paramilitary agencies, including the FFS.
The officers emphasised that the FFS is a technical agency that demands years of rigorous training and field experience, which cannot be substituted with political patronage.
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