Obadiah Mailafia resigns from NIPSS, gives reason
The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, says he has resigned from the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS.
Dr. Obadiah who lectures at the elite institute years after leaving the Central Bank of Nigeria, said he had to resign because of ongoing killings in Southern Kaduna affecting his people.
The former CBN Deputy Governor had been grilled twice by the Department of State Services, DSS, in Jos Office following his recent comments on the killings and Boko Haram terrorists.
He had among other things, alleged in the local radio interview, that a repentant bandit told him that a serving northern governor was a commander of the terrorist group.
“I have resigned from NIPPS.”
“Nobody asked me or pressurized me to resign. I did it on my own.
“I decided that I cannot continue working, with all my good conscience, when my people are continually being killed and genocide is being committed against my people.
“That was the reason I gave, and the management has accepted my resignation,” he added.
He explained that he gave NIPPS one month’s notice from 18th August to 18th September when his resignation will take effect.
He maintained that his resignation is for the best interest of everybody.
Mailafia, a former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, had last Monday honoured another invitation by the Department of State Services, DSS.
