President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency, Ahmad Salihijo, alongside three Executive Directors of the Agency, indefinitely.
The State House revealed in a statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. This followed new findings unearthed during a comprehensive investigation into the financial activities of the Rural Electrification Agency.
Aside from Salihijo, the President also suspended the Executive Director, Corporate Services, Olaniyi Netufo; Executive Director, Technical Services, Barka Sajou and Executive Director, Rural Electrification Fund, Sa’adatu Balgore.
Ngelale revealed that Tinubu also ordered a wider investigation into the conduct of the officials in a fraudulent misexpenditure amounting to over N1.2billion naira over the past two years, some of which has already been recovered by anti-graft agencies.
Consequently, the President appointed a new management team of the Agency who will serve in acting capacity with immediate effect.