FG directs Sokoto River Basin MD to hand over

The federal government has directed the Managing Director of Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, Engr Buhari B. Mohammed, to prepare his handover note and forward same to the Federal Ministry of Water Resources on or before December 31, 2020.

The 3-paragraph letter, dated December 15 and signed by the ministry’s Director of River Dams Operations and Directorate, A. J. Ochigbo, was however silent on why the tenure of the MD, who was appointed sometime in January 2017, was not renewed.

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The letter reads in part: “Please recall your appointment by Mr President as Managing Director of Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, Sokoto with effect from January 6, 2017. The appointment which is for four-year tenure expires on January 5, 2021.”