Ex-REA Boss Resumes At UN After Buhari’s Reversal Of Suspension

Ex-REA Boss Resumes At UN After Buhari’s Reversal Of Suspension

Immediate – past Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency , Ms Damilola Ogunbiyi, has assumed duty at her new job at the United Nations .

A UN spokesman, Mr Farhan Haq , made this known to News Agency of Nigeria in New York on Tuesday .

Haq said Ogunbiyi, who was appointed Special Representative of the UN Secretary -General on Sustainable Energy for All ( SEforALL ) in October , started work on January 1 .

That was after the Minister of Power , Sale Mamman , had suspended Ogunbiyi at the REA in December over alleged infractions and power play in the agency .

The President Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd . ) , however , reversed the suspension for “ lack of due process” , according to a letter from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday .

The letter , addressed to the UN Deputy Secretary -General , Ms Amina Mohammed , conveyed the president ’ s acceptance of Ogunbiyi’ s resignation from the REA with effect from December 31.

“ The Government of Nigeria has publicly communicated and also informed the United Nations that the suspension of Ogunbiyi was reversed .

“ Accordingly , she has begun her appointment at the United Nations as of January 1 , ” the UN spokesman said in response to a NAN enquiry on Monday .

The enquiry , made before Buhari ’ s intervention, had sought the Secretary -General ’ s reaction to the suspension and its implication for Ogunbiyi’ s appointment with the UN .

( NAN )