Fasanya Left N1.2 Million PTDF Post for Sub-N300,000 SMEDAN Role
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Updated · Punch Newspapers · Jun 4
Fasanya Left N1.2 Million PTDF Post for Sub-N300,000 SMEDAN Role
3 articles · Updated · Punch Newspapers · Jun 4
Summary
Abuja event remarks from former SMEDAN chief Olawale Fasanya revealed he quit a PTDF job paying about N1.2 million a month for a SMEDAN role paying less than N300,000.
Fasanya said he left despite first-class travel and other perks because PTDF had reduced him to a figurehead, while SMEDAN offered room to contribute and lead.
That move later culminated in his appointment as SMEDAN director-general on June 6, 2022, which he said mattered because he was the agency’s first employee and wanted to complete its institutional story.
Katsina Governor Dikko Radda said he recommended Fasanya as his successor at SMEDAN, while former regulator Gbenga Komolafe said the agency’s programmes had reached more than 39 million Nigerians.