- Abubakar, who thanked the president for giving him the opportunity to serve the country, stated that his resignation was graciously accepted by the president
The Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, has disclosed why he tendered his resignation.
Within Nigeria reports that Abubakar quit as the helmsman of the agency in Abuja on Saturday.
He was appointed in 2018 by former President Muhammadu Buhari and was reappointed in December 2021.
Speaking with newsmen on the development, Abubakar described his resignation as personal and routine.
He said he visited the president Bola Tinubu to intimate him on the security situation in the country after which he tendered his resignation to him.
Abubakar, who thanked the president for giving him the opportunity to serve the country, stated that his resignation was graciously accepted by the president.
He said/ “Its a routine thing, from time to time, I brief Mr President on situations in the country and today is no exception.
“After the briefing today, actually I tendered my resignation and Mr President graciously approved and accepted the resignation.
“I thanked him for giving me the opportunity to serve Nigeria under his transformational leadership for a period, for an extended period of 15 months, which is very rare, by the way, to serve, to have the opportunity to serve two presidents at a stretcher at a go. So I thanked him very well, and I promised to remain professional as we are professionally dedicated to our country and to noble causes,” he stated.
Queried further to know his reasons, he said, “There are quite a number of reasons one will do that, some personal family issues, but nothing very serious, actually, and the friendship will continue. I discussed with Mr President, he understood very well.”
His resignation comes amid a deepening security crisis in the country as killings and kidnapping of innocent Nigerians is prevalent.
Discussion about this post