NIA’s DG, Abubakar tenders resignation letter to Tinubu
By People’s Voice Nigeria | News
President Bola Tinubu has received a resignation letter presented to him by the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai Abubakar.
Speaking to newsmen after submitting his resignation letter to the President when asked of his mission to the Presidential Villa, Abubakar said: “It’s a routine thing from time to time to brief Mr. President on situations and today is no exception.
“After the briefing today, actually,I tended 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 have the opportunity to serve two Presidents at a stretch.
“So,I thanked him very well, and I promised to remain professionally dedicated to our country and to noble causes.”
On why he resigned, Abubakar 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.”
On the President’s reaction, the ex-NIA boss said: “I think it’s not for me to say this, actually. Probably, I’ll be breaching a protocol, but maybe the NSA and or Mr. President himself will say it. But what I can tell you is that I’m very grateful for the opportunity that the President gave me to serve the country and his leadership; the encouragement I got; the confidence he had in me and in my service; the opportunity to listen to me; to read briefing notes and advices and so on. I think, this for me, is everything and I have had the opportunity to mentor officers and staff for all the period I have been DG. This is the seventh year by the way to
mentor officers and staff for all the period that I’ve been DG. This is the seventh year and the opportunity to mentor younger officers to come up. And now we have a lot of officers who can do this job and do it excellently well.”
