President Muhammadu Buhari has overruled the decision of minister of power, Salam Mammam, to suspend Damilola Ogunbiyi as the managing director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).

Mamman ordered the indefinite suspension of Ogunbiyi, pending investigation into alleged misdemeanor by the agency under her.

Although the president lifted her suspension, he accepted her resignation which she tendered after her suspension.

Ogunbiyi, first female MD of the REA, had since taken up a job as the UN special representative for sustainable energy and CEO of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll).

A letter directed to Amina Mohammed, UN deputy secretary-general, by the office of the secretary to the government of the federation, conveyed the directive of the president to the international organisation.

”Following the recent developments in the Nigerian power sector, I write to inform you that His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari has reviewed the situation and directed that the suspension of Mrs Damilola Ogunbiyi, managing director (Rural Electrification Agency) be reversed for lack of due process” it read