Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has been placed on indefinite leave by President Bola Tinubu.
Other suspended in the agency are: Olaniyi Alaba Netufo, Executive Director, Corporate Services; Barka Sajou, Executive Director, Technical Services; and Sa’adatu Balgore, Executive Director, Rural Electrification Fund (REF).
This was disclosed in a statement released on Thursday by the spokesman to Tinubu, Ajuri Ngelale.
The statement expressed that the behaviour of the “aforementioned officials in a fraudulent misexpenditure amounting to over N1.2 billion over the past two years” was also the subject of a broader investigation ordered by Tinubu, part of which has already been recovered by anti-graft agencies.
“As a result, the president assigned a new group to run the agency.”
Those appointed include: Abba Abubakar Aliyu — Managing Director/CEO; Ayoade Gboyega — Executive Director, Corporate Services; Umar Abdullahi Umar — Executive Director, Technical Services; Doris Uboh — Executive Director, Rural Electrification Fund (REF); Olufemi Akinyelure — Head of Project Management Unit, Nigeria Electrification Project
Tinubu stated that he expected all appointees in his administration to carry out their duties with the utmost accountability and transparency.
“The president reiterates 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,” the statement read.
