SAN FRANCISCO, January 05, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, to review the entire list of recent appointment into the boards of Federal Government’s agencies following the discovery of dead names on the list.
It was further learnt that apart from those who were identified as having died before the names were released, at least one person has also died between when the list was made public and now.
The review, it was learnt, is meant to ascertain all nominees that need replacement on the list released last Friday.
With the review, the inauguration of the appointees are going to be put on hold as they may not get their appointment letters until after the revised list must have been approved.
In all, 209 Chairmen and 1,258 board members were announced.
Some of the dead persons on the list released included the late Senator Francis Okpozo, who died in December 2016 but was named the Chairman of the board of the Nigerian Press Council.
Another was Donald Ugbaja, the late Deputy Inspector-General of Police who died in November but was listed as one of the board members of the Consumer Protection Council.
Also on the list was the late founder of Fidei Polytechnic, Rev. Christopher Utov, who died in March but was listed as a board member of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research.
Included on the list was the late Alhaji Umar Dange, an APC leader in Sokoto State, who was appointed as a board member of the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute-Meta.
Similarly, Kabir Umar, a former Emir of Katagum in Bauchi State, who died on December 9, 2017 was on the board of the Federal Medical Centre, Azare, Bauchi.
Another appointee, Ahmed Bunza, was said to have died at the Usman Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, and was buried on May 22, last year.
