Buhari orders reinstatement of sacked REA MD
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The Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman has been overruled on the suspension of Ms. Damilola Ogunbiyi as the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered her reinstatement.
Her recall was announced in a tweet by the Federal Government via the Twitter handle, @NGRPresident, today.
“President @MBuhari has directed that the suspension of Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi from her role as Managing Director of @realREANigeria, be reversed. Her resignation, effective from 31 December, 2019, has been accepted to enable her assume her new @UN appointment,” said the tweet.
The minister placed Ms. Ogunbiyi on indefinite suspension last month and ordered an investigation into alleged infractions by the agency under her watch.
It was reported that Buhari approved the appointment of Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad to take over from Mrs. Ogunbiyi as REA Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
The minister’s Special Adviser, Media and Communication, Aaron Artimas, confirmed Ahmad’s appointment made this known in a statement in Abuja on December 31.
After her suspension, Ogunbiyi, REA’s first female CEO, tendered her resignation and took up a job as the United Nation (UN) Special Representative for Sustainable Energy and CEO of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll).
Although the president reversed her suspension, he accepted her resignation.
It was learnt on Tuesday that a letter to Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General, by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), conveyed the Presidential directive to the international organisation.
“Following the recent developments in the Nigerian power sector, I write to inform you that His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari has reviewed the situation and directed that the suspension of Mrs. Damilola Ogunbiyi, managing director (Rural Electrification Agency) be reversed for lack of due process,” the memo reads.
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