Former Director General of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside, has denied reports that he was sacked from office on allegations of corrupt practices.
Dakuku who held a closed door meeting with the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbanjo in Abuja, last Friday, said the non- renewal of his tenure for another four years had nothing to do with corruption.
PHSpectator recalls that the former NIMASA boss was removed from office on March 5, few days to the expiration of his first term in office.
Dakuku’s first tenure was supposed to expire on Tuesday, March 10, this year having been appointed the Director General of NIMASA on March 11, 2016.
But President Muhammadu Buhari, five days to the expiration of Dakuku’s first term, announced former Executive Director in the Finance and Administration Department of the agency, Bashir Jamoh, as Dakuku’s successor after the latter’s failed attempt to push through a tenure renewal.
The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who was believed to have spearheaded Dakuku’s appointment in 2016 and under whose ministry is NIMASA, was equally caught unawares as he claimed not to be informed about Dakuku’s sack.
While details of the meeting between the Vice President and Dakuku were kept secret from the Presidential Villa correspondents, the ex NIMASA boss challenged whoever has any proof of corruption against him to make it public.
Dakuku has, however, expressed confidence in the ability of his successor to consolidate on the achievements recorded by NIMASA under his watch.
