BREAKING: Tinubu dissolves boards, agencies, others 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dissolved the Governing Boards of all Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-Owned Companies.

In a statement by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, the dissolution was in the exercise of the President’s constitutional powers and the public interest.

According to the statement, boards, commissions and councils listed in the third schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i) of the 1999 constitution are excluded from the president’s directive.

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NRTC gathered that the 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, and Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission are part of the exempted agencies.

“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,” the statement added.

Bassey further said Permanent Secretaries had been instructed to direct all correspondences to the President since last week Friday.

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He said, “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 with the provision of this directive which took effect on Friday, June 16, 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.”