The Special Assistant to the Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Prof. Claudius Daramola, has resigned his appointment.
Prof. Claudius Daramola
According to a copy of a resignation letter obtained by
SaharaReporters on Wednesday in Akure, Nathaniel Adojutelegan, the
Special Assistant to the Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs,
Prof. Claudius Daramola, has resigned his appointment.
Adojutelegan made this known in a cover letter written in December 2016 and was received by the State Minister in March 2017.
He said he decided to tendered his resignation letter following the nonpayment of his "remuneration"
by the State Minister, and also explained in the resignation letter
that he worked for over a year with the Minister without being paid his
basic salaries.
"I appreciate the rare opportunity you offered me to serve our
country notwithstanding the personal sacrifice I had to make to work for
you without any form of remuneration in the last one year," the letter said.
Speaking with a correspondent on the phone about the development,
Adojutelegan said he was appointed to the position in December 2015
after Prof. Daramola was made a State Minister.
The Arigidi Akoko born legal practitioner noted of his sacrifices during his tenure, "I
didn't receive any remuneration, and I worked for a year without
receiving any allowances and salary although I wasn't complaining about
that.
"I want the whole world to know that I made a lot of sacrifices
and the resignation is for the record that I didn't receive any
allowance or payment.
"It was a sacrifice for me to leave my law practice in London
and come down to Nigeria and got an accommodation for about four million
naira without being given a refund.
"It was a sacrifice for me to stay in a hotel for two months and spent about over a million naira without being paid for it," he further complained.
Sahara Reporters contacted the State Minister for his reaction over the allegation but his phone lines were off.
It is the second time the minister will be involved in a major
scandal. Recently his driver and house help reportedly stole N14m cash
from his bedroom in Abuja, the minister quietly covered up the theft
with the help of the Nigerian police.
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