President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sacked the Governing Boards of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions and Government-Owned Companies.
The dissolution of the boards was in the exercise of the President’s constitutional powers and in the public interest, according to a statement issued by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey.
The statement said the dissolution does not 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”, the statement said.
The commissions and councils not affected by the dissolution order are the Code of Conduct Bureau, the Council of State, Federal Character Commission, Federal Civil Service Commission, Federal Judicial Service Commission, Independent National Electoral Commission, National Defence Council and the National Economic Council.
The others are National Judicial Council, National Population Commission, National Security Council, Nigeria Police Council, Police Service Commission and Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Comm
ission.
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