President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has 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, Willie Bassey, director of information in office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation said in a statement.
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.
“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,” Bassey said.
According to the statement, permanent secretaries are directed, also, to route such correspondences to President Tinubu through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Consequently, all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are to ensure compliance to the provision of this directive which took effect from Friday 16th June, 2023, he stated.
By the latest development, 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.
