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Prof. Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande, President Muhammadu Buhari's nominee for Chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC has denied rejecting the appointment.
Prof. Akinwande in a letter to the Nigerian Senate said he will appear for screening once he gets approval from his current employer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), U S A.
Parts of his letter read, ‘‘News reports in Nigeria that I have rejected President Buhari’s nomination to be Chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission have been brought to my attention.
‘‘I have the greatest respect for President Buhari. I am fully behind the change he has brought and is bringing to the way Government business is conducted in Nigeria.
‘‘I am deeply honored that Mr. President and his team thought me worthy for this important national assignment and sought me out for it. I am a tenured professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
‘‘As such I am contractually constrained to seek formally the consent of the university for a leave of absence before presenting myself to the Senate for screening and if confirmed take on the assignment.’’
Prof. Akinwande in a letter to the Nigerian Senate said he will appear for screening once he gets approval from his current employer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), U S A.
Parts of his letter read, ‘‘News reports in Nigeria that I have rejected President Buhari’s nomination to be Chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission have been brought to my attention.
‘‘I have the greatest respect for President Buhari. I am fully behind the change he has brought and is bringing to the way Government business is conducted in Nigeria.
‘‘I am deeply honored that Mr. President and his team thought me worthy for this important national assignment and sought me out for it. I am a tenured professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
‘‘As such I am contractually constrained to seek formally the consent of the university for a leave of absence before presenting myself to the Senate for screening and if confirmed take on the assignment.’’
