President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday approved the immediate dissolution of the Governing Boards of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies in the exercise of its constitutional powers and in the public interest.
President Tinubu’s dissolution was contained in a statement issued by the Director of Information, Office of the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey.
Despite all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and Comptroller-General of Customs amongst others are sacked by the Tinubu-led government.
New Telegraph reports that the dissolution does not affect the Boards of 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.
Agencies exempt from this dissolution are:
1. Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB)
2. Council of State
3. Federal Character Commission (FCC)
4. Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC)
5. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
6. National Defense Council (NDC)
7. National Economic Council (NEC)
8. National Judicial Commission (NJC)
9. National Population Commission (NPC)
10. National Security Council (NSC)
11. National Police Council (NPC)
12. Police Service Commission (PSC)
13. Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC)
(Text, excluding headline: New Telegraph)
