President Tinubu suspended the Mr Ahmad-led management team indefinitely on Thursday over a N1.2 billion corruption case, previously reported extensively by PREMIUM TIMES.
has placed the Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad-led executives of the Rural Electrification Agency on an indefinite suspension over alleged corruption..
The presidency said on Thursday that Mr Ahmad was suspended indefinitely alongside, Olaniyi Alaba Netufo, the Executive Director, Corporate Services; Barka Sajou, Executive Director, Technical Services, and Sa'adatu Balgore, Executive Director, Rural Electrification Fund , over the N1.2 billion scandal.
PREMIUM TIMES had reported that the corruption scandal was being investigated by Nigeria's frontline anti-corruption agencies - EFCC and ICPC. The rest of the new acting executive officers are: yoade Gboyega, Executive Director, Corporate Services; Umar Abdullahi Umar, Executive Director, Technical Services; Doris Uboh, Executive Director, Rural Electrification Fund ; and Olufemi Akinyelure, Head of Project Management Unit, Nigeria Electrification Project.
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