NYCN urges presidency to appoint biotech agency boss

The leadership of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a substantive Director General for the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Abuja.

The President, NYCN, Almustapha Asuku at a press briefing said, the call became imperative citing alleged lobbying to subvert result of an appointment interview held in April 2019. He said available evidences show that the acting Director General, Prof Alex Akpa has over stayed in office at the Agency. “This also goes to other agencies and institutions of government that stunts development of young people in achieving the best of their God given talent and contributing to the growth of Nigeria economy,” Asuku noted.

He added that the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Science & Technology and other management staffs of the Ministry involved in the interview need to clear the air on the delay in confirming the right person for the Job after using the tax payers money and our resources to conduct interview to select the best hand to administered the Agency as its Director General.

The council thereby called on President Buhari to use his fiat of office to correct this abnormality by confirming the appointment of the Substantial Director General for this agency.

“As young people who appreciate the importance of biotechnological revolution we will not fold our arms and let NABDA follow the normal narrative of fail project,” he noted.