By Our Reporter
On Saturday, the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, resigned from his office, after seven years of service to the nation.
Abubakar who was appointed by former president Muhammadu Buhari, in a very rare move in the history of the nation, tendered his resignation to President Bola Tinubu
Describing his resignation as ‘routine’, Abubakar told journalists after tendering his resignation letter, Saturday, that the President had accepted the resignation.
He said, “ It’s a routine thing, from time to time, to brief Mr. President on situations and issues. Today is no exception. After the briefing actually, I tendered my resignation and Mr. President graciously approved and accepted the resignation.
“I thanked him for allowing me to serve Nigeria under his transformational leadership for an extended period of 15 months, which is very rare, by the way, to have the opportunity to serve two presidents at a stretch at a go.
“So I thanked him very well, and I promised to remain professionally dedicated to our country and to noble causes.
He expressed his gratitude to president Bola Tinubu for giving him the opportunity to serve the country for an extra fifteen months under his leadership, stressing that he is indeed appreciative of the confidence the president reposed in him; listening to him, reading his briefs and the pieces of advice.
He explained further; “I think this for me, is everything and I have had the opportunity to mentor officers and staff for all the period that I have been DG. This is the seventh year by the way and the opportunity to mentor officers and staff for all the period that I’ve been DG.
“This is the seventh year, by the way, and the opportunity to mentor younger officers to come up, and now we have a lot of many officers who can do this job and do it excellently well.”