The suspension is with immediate effect.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ahmad Salihijo, and three Executive Directors of the agency over N1.2bn mismanaged funds in the agency within the last two years.
The suspension is with immediate effect.
Other executive directors involved are those of Corporate Services, Olaniyi Alaba Netufo; Technical Services, Barka Sajou; and Rural Electrification Fund (REF), Sa’adatu Balgore.
Spokesman to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, said in a statement issued on Thursday, March 7, 2024, that a new management team has been approved for REA in acting capacity.
The new team comprises Abba Abubakar Aliyu as Managing Director/CEO; Ayoade Gboyega as Executive Director, Corporate Services; Umar Abdullahi Umar as Executive Director, Technical Services; Doris Uboh as Executive Director Rural Electrification Fund (REF) and Olufemi Akinyelure as Head of Project Management Unit.
He added that the President urged them “to uphold the highest standards of transparency and accountability in the discharge of their duties and reiterate his determination to elevate the yearnings of Nigerians for good governance and qualitative service delivery above the narrow interests of individuals who are entrusted to provide critical services to the Nigerian people.”