President Muhamadu Buhari has sacked over 23 director generals and
managing directors of agencies and departments of government.
A statement signed by Mr. Babachir David Lawal, Secretary to the
Government of the Federation said “The President of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate disengagement of
the following Chief Executive Officers of the underlisted Parastatals,
Agencies and Commissions.
He has also directed that the most senior officers in the Parastatals,
Agencies and Councils oversee the activities of the organizations pending
the appointment of substantive Chief Executive Officers”.
The President, however, thanked them for their invaluable services to the
nation and wishes them well in their future endeavours.
The affected agencies are as follows;Petroleum Technology Development Fund
(PTDF) New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Nigeria Social
Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring
Board (NCDMB), Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Tertiary Education
Trust Fund (TETFund)
Others are: National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
Petroleum Equalization Fund, Nigeria Railways Corporation (NRC), Bureau of
Public Procurements (BPP), Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE)
Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Standard
Organization of Nigeria (SON), National Agency for Food and Drugs
Administration and Control (NAFDAC)
Also affected are: Nigeria Investment Promotion Council (NIPC), Bank of
Industry (BoI), National Centre for Women Development (NCWD, Industrial
Training Fund (ITF)
Nigerian Export-Import Bank, National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic In
Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP)