N1.2bn Fraud: Tinubu halts electricity agency MD Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad's duties

  • President Bola Tinubu has indefinitely suspended Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, the managing director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA)
  • He was suspended alongside three executive directors under the ministry over an alleged N1.2 billion fraud
  • In a statement released on Thursday, March 7, President Tinubu appointed new directors on a temporal basis

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FCT, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given the green light to the indefinite suspension of Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, the managing director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), and three of its executive directors.