It would be recalled that on Monday, in a statement signed by Willie Bassey, Director of Information in the Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved the immediate dissolution of the governing boards of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-owned Enterprises in the exercise of its constitutional powers and in the public interest.
The dissolution does not, however, affect Boards, Commissions, and Councils listed in the Third Schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i) of the 1999 Nigerian constitution, the statement added.
The boards of no less than 14 agencies survived Monday’s extensive upheaval terminating the reign of the top rankings of the Nigerian Government’s Agencies, Parastatals, Institutions, and State-owned companies.
According to Premium Times, Tinubu’s directive to dissolve the apex decision-making organs of the establishments falls within the ambit “of his Constitutional Powers and in the Public interest,” said the government in a statement Monday night.
The structural reorganization extends a sequence of leadership changes in major government institutions since the president assumed power almost three weeks ago.
Notably, Godwin Emefiele, the central bank governor, was suspended on 9 May to allow the government to start a probe into the operations of the apex bank under his watch. The State Security Service has since detained Mr. Emefiele.
Notwithstanding, Folashodun Shonubi, CBN’s deputy governor overseeing the operations directorate, has been acting in his capacity.
Furthermore, on Thursday, Abdulrasheed Bawa, chair of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was also suspended, later presenting himself to the secret police for questioning.
The statement stressed that President Tinubu will temporarily handle issues that, ordinarily, members of the dissolved boards were duty-bound to treat until new boards are in place.
Such matters will reach the president through the Permanent Secretaries “of their respective supervisory Ministries and Offices,” the statement added.
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.
Below is the list of the identified boards, commissions, and councils, featured in the Third Schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i) of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution as amended.
They include:
(1) Code of Conduct Bureau;
(2) Council of State;
(3) Federal Character Commission;
(4) Federal Civil Service Commission;
(5) Federal Judicial Service Commission;
(6) Independent National Electoral Commission;
(7) National Defence Council;
(8) National Economic Council;
(9) National Judicial Council;
(10) National Population Commission;
(11) National Security Council;
(12) Nigeria Police Council;
(13) Police Service Commission; and
(14) Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission
