Subject: The nomination of Diaspora-based Professor Akintunde Akinwande to head the Nigeria's National Electricity Regulatory Commission was rejected. He failed to show up for the confirmation hearing.
 | Evidently African governments are tapping Continental African Diaspora residents for nation building.
In order to document African governments' commitment to include Diaspora nationals in nation building and governments with best practices, we keep tap on the process and recruitment.
Editors, Continental Dispatch.
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Nigerian Senate rejected U.S.-based professor as Electricity Commission Boss. The nomination of Professor Akintunde Akinwande, who is based in the US, to head the National Electricity Regulatory Commission was rejected because he
failed to attend confirmation hearing. Other candidates nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation were cleared by the Senate. The decision was announced on Tuesday, January 10, 2017.
Talking about energy, former Nigerian Minister of Power Resources, Professor Bart Nnaji, under President Goodluck Jonathan's government was recruited from the US.
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Updated October 27, 2016 Nominated Chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Professor Akintunde Akinwande, says he will honour an invitation for screening by the Nigerian Senate after clearing with his current employer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
A statement by the President's spokesman, Femi Adesina, disclosed that Professor Akinwande had said he did not turn down the offer by President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to Adesina, the declaration is contained in a letter dated October 26, 2016, addressed to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and sent through the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang.
The letter reads in part: "News reports in Nigeria that I have rejected President Buhari's nomination to be Chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission have been brought to my attention.
"I have the greatest respect for President Buhari. I am fully behind the change he has brought and is bringing to the way government business is conducted in Nigeria.
"I am deeply honoured that Mr President and his team thought me worthy for this important national assignment and sought me out for it.
"I am a tenured professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "As such, I am contractually constrained to seek formally the consent of the university for a leave of absence before presenting myself to the Senate for screening and if confirmed take on the assignment."
Professor Akinwande apologised to the Senate Committee for not showing up for the screening process scheduled for Tuesday, October 25, noting that it was not out of disrespect for the institution. The academic said he would be available for the screening after clearance from the MIT.
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