Leonard Chikadya has resigned as Board Chairperson for the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority,
Chikadya has announced his resignation in a letter dated February 26, 2022 and addressed to the Comptroller of Statutory Corporations.
The former Mera board Chair was today due to appear before the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) of Parliament, over the recruitment of Henry Kachaje as CEO for the energy regulator.
However – in his resignation letter, Chikadya has questioned the practicality of the decision by PAC for him to attend a second inquiry on a matter the committee had earlier handled and made its decision.
According to him – PAC had in November last year determined that the board was not incompetent in the recruitment of Kachanje and hence there were no reasons to fire the board.
Meanwhile – Chikadya has confirmed his resignation to MIJ.