The Presidency has confirmed that erstwhile Director-General of the National Agency for the Control of Aids NACA, Sani Aliyu, resigned his appointment voluntarily.
The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who confirmed the development on his Facebook page dismissed insinuations in some quarters that the DG was sacked.
The Permanent Secretary, General Services in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olusegun Adekunle had on Tuesday via a statement announced the appointment of Gambo Aliyu as the new Director-General of NACA.
He said the appointment of the new head of NACA, which was approved by President Buhari, was in line with the provision of Section 8, Sub-Section 4 of National Agency for the Control of Aids Establishment Act, 2007.
Adekunle disclosed that Aliyu’s appointment as the Director-General of the agency was for an initial term of four years.
