On Tuesday night the presidency revealed that former National Aid Control Agency (NACA) Director-General Sani Aliyu voluntarily resigned his appointment.
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity for the President, Garba Shehu, who confirmed the development on his Facebook page and rejected some quarters ‘ insinuations that the DG had been fired.
Mr Shehu said: “Dr Sani Aliyu, the erstwhile Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of Aids, resigned voluntarily and this was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.
“This distinguished Nigerian resigned in order to give full attention to his pursuit of an important UN job.
“In this regard, false reporting to the effect that he was sacked for one reason or the other is unhelpful to his legitimate aspiration. He left on his own.’’
The Permanent Secretary, General Services in the Federation’s Office of the Secretary of Government, Olusegun Adekunle, announced the appointment of Gambo Aliyu as the new NACA Director-General through a declaration on Tuesday.
He said the appointment of the new NACA head, endorsed by President Buhari, was in line with Section 8, Sub-Section (4) of the National Aid Control Act, 2007.
Mr Adekunle revealed that the appointment of Mr Aliyu as the Agency’s Director-General was an initial four-year term. (NAN)
