{"id":78917,"date":"2021-03-03T03:09:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T02:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=78917"},"modified":"2021-03-03T03:09:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T02:09:19","slug":"tribalism-buhari-breaks-civil-service-rules-bypass-chizea-to-appoint-ahmad-as-dg-of-space-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/tribalism-buhari-breaks-civil-service-rules-bypass-chizea-to-appoint-ahmad-as-dg-of-space-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"TRIBALISM: Buhari Breaks Civil Service Rules, Bypass Chizea To Appoint Ahmad As DG of Space Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Mohammadu Buhari seems unbothered over his appointments which smacks of nepotism, tribalism and religious bigotry following the naming of Dr. Halilu Shaba Ahmad as the new Director General, DG, of the National Space Research and Development Agency, NARSDA.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nBuhari had in a letter to the Senate President Ahmed Lawan, asked the Senate\u00a0to confirm the appointment of Dr. Ahmad as the new DG of NARSDA.<\/p>\n

But Pointblanknews.com investigations reveal that Ahmad who was first appointed\u00a0in June 2009 is ranked number five from the December 2018
\nStaff nominal roll of NARSDA, making him ineligible to be appointed DG
\nbased on Civil Service Rules.<\/p>\n

According to findings, Dr. Francis Chizea Dubem who was first appointed in\u00a0August 1991 and who was Acting DG after the tenure expiration of Dr.
\nJonathan Angulu, is ranked number two on the nominal roll of NARSDA.<\/p>\n

Professor Mohammed Saido Onailo who is ranked number one on the nominal roll\u00a0has already retired.<\/p>\n

Dr. Francis Chizea is the most senior officer in NARSDA, according to a memo\u00a0signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and
\nTechnology, Dr. M.B Umar in 2019.<\/p>\n

Sources told Pointblanknews.com that the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, may have influenced the choice of Ahmad.<\/p>\n

According to sources Ahmad have been bragging to his colleagues in the office\u00a0how his relationship with Prof. Gambari will secure him the DG of
\nthe agency even when he knows he is not in line.<\/p>\n

The agency had on July 2, 2019, announced the appointment of Mr Jonathan Angulu\u00a0as an acting Director-General to facilitate a seamless transition
\nprocess between the outgone DG and an incoming one. Mr Jonathan handed over\u00a0to Dr Ahmad two days earlier to continue in an acting capacity
\nuntil the Federal Government appointed a substantive Director-General.<\/p>\n

In a dramatic and unexpected turn of events, the Federal Government reversed the appointment of Dr. Ahmad. The reason adduced for this decision was that the appointment of Dr. Ahmad \u201cwas made in violation of civil\u00a0service regulation and amounted to an infraction of regulatory
\npolicies\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sources told Pointblanknews.com that Ahmad kept on pushing and lobbying, using\u00a0his contacts in the Presidency.<\/p>\n

According to a source, \u201che hardly comes to the office. He is always at the\u00a0Presidential Villa lobbying for a position that he is not qualified
\nfor. He claims that the Chief of staff to the President is related to his\u00a0mother and that nothing can stop him from getting the appointment
\nagainst civil service rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahmad is from Lapai in Niger State while Chizea is from Aniocha in Delta State.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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