President Bola Tinubu has approved the indefinite suspension of the Managing Director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, alongside three Executive Directors of the Agency.
Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesman, who announced this in a statement on Thursday, listed other affected persons as Olaniyi Alaba Netufo — Executive Director, Corporate Services; Barka Sajou — Executive Director, Technical Services; and Sa’adatu Balgore — Executive Director, Rural Electrification Fund (REF).Tinubu also ordered a wider investigation into the conduct of the “aforementioned officials in a fraudulent misexpenditure amounting to over N1.2 billion over the past two years”, some of which has already been recovered by anti-graft agencies.
The president, therefore appointed a new team to take charge of the agency. They are:
(1) Abba Abubakar Aliyu — Managing Director/CEO
(2) Ayoade Gboyega — Executive Director, Corporate Services
(3) Umar Abdullahi Umar — Executive Director, Technical Services
(4) Doris Uboh — Executive Director, Rural Electrification Fund (REF)
