Farouk Ahmed has resigned as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) amid corruption allegations levelled against him by the Chairman of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote.
Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in which he also said Gbenga Komolafe has left his position as the chief executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
Onanuga said President Bola Tinubu has sent the names of two nominees to the Senate for confirmation as their replacement.
The president wrote to the lawmakers, asking for the expedited confirmation of Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan as CEO of NUPRC and Saidu Mohammed as NMDPRA chief.
Hours before his resignation, the former NMDPRA chief visited Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.
While the reason for the visit was unclear, he also declined to speak with journalists, saying that it is already late for an interview.
NMDPRA also accused the Lagos-based refinery of being in its pre-commissioning stage and not having an operational license.
The House of Representatives had then called for a probe into the matter and Ahmed’s suspension.
Meanwhile, The Nigerian Bar Association on Wednesday called for an investigation into allegations of corruption levelled against the immediate past Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Ahmed Farouk.
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