Kanyi Okeke
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the immediate dissolution of the Governing Board of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies in the exercise of its Constitutional Powers and in the Public interest.
Willie Bassey, Director, Information made the announcement in a statement on behalf of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Monday.
According to the statement, the dissolution does not, however, affect Boards, Commissions and Councils listed in the Third Schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.
“In view of this development and until such a time new boards are constituted, the Chief Executive Officers of the Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies are directed to refer matters requiring the attention of their Boards to the President, through the Permanent Secretaries of their respective supervisory Ministries and Offices.
“Permanent Secretaries are directed, also, to route such correspondences to Mr President through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. Consequently, all Ministries, Departments and Agencies are to ensure compliance to the provision of this directive which took effect from Friday 16th June, 2023.
“Permanent Secretaries are particularly directed to inform the Chief Executive Officers of the affected Agencies under the supervision of their respective Ministries/Offices for immediate compliance.”
Below are agencies exempted from this dissolution:
- Code of conduct Bureau
- Council of State
- Federal Character Commission
- Federal Judicial Service Commission
- Independent National Electoral Commission
- National Defense Council
- National Economic Council
- National Judicial Commission
- National Population Commission
- National Security Council
- National Police Council
- Police Service Commission
- Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission
This announcement comes just few hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and Comptroller-General of Customs from Service and also announced their replacements with immediate effect.
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