In his handover memo to the staff of the agency, Mr Agulanna said his decision to choose a deputy director over other directors was based on disciplinary matters against the senior officials.
The suspended DG said his action was based on a circular issued by the SGF on December 4, 2017, which he noted spells out succession guidelines for transfer of power at the end of the tenure of heads of extra-ministerial departments, directors-general, chief executive officers of parastatals, agencies, commissions and government-owned companies.
A letter addressed by the board to Mr Oriaku reads in part; “As part of resolution at its emergency meeting held on November 20, 2020, at Savannah Hotel, Gwarimpa, Abuja, the governing board of PRODA wishes to formally communicate its recognition of Engineer Dr. Edwin Oriaku as the overseeing DG/CEO of PRODA.
The new letter addressed to Mr Oriaku was, therefore, signed by the remaining quartet members of the board- Mr Ayanbeku, Ampe Fut, Gabriel Akpan, and M. Muazu, a professor.Speaking with our reporter on the phone, the controversial acting DG of the institute, Mr Abia-Bassey, said he could not make categorical statement on the controversy.“Please, I am not fighting anybody. I don’t fight. But I cannot talk much on this matter.
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