The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has suspended the
director-general of the National Information Technology Development
Agency, NITDA, Peter Jack, for “misconduct unbecoming of a public
officer of his cadre”.
Mr. Jack’s suspension, which takes effect
from January 20, 2016, was contained in a statement by the Special
Assistant on Media to Mr. Shittu, Victor Oluwadamilare, on Wednesday.
“The
indefinite suspension became imperative on the strength of deluge of
petitions regarding several alleged wrong-doings in NITDA and subsequent
preliminary findings of an investigative committee set up by the
Ministry,” the statement said.
According to the statement, some
of the infractions identified by the investigative committee made up of
three senior officials of the ministry, included illegal recruitment of
additional staff totalling 245 within a spate of seven months.
“As at 29th May, 2015, NITDA only had a staff complement of 74.”
“But
from May, 2015 to 31st December, 2015, additional 245 staff were
employed in questionable circumstances, despite clear instruction from
the ministry directing suspension of employment in the agency,” quoting
from the committee’s report, the statement said.
The committee
also said allegations of financial misdemeanour against Mr. Jack would
require a more detailed professional auditing of NITDA’s finances.
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