BEVERLY HILLS, February 15, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government on Monday announced the removal of Directors-General/Chief Executive Officers of 24 agencies and parastatals. This was after news filtered in that heads of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, Voice of Nigeria, VON, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN and the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, have been sacked.
The dismissal of the executives was contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, which listed other heads of parastatals affected to include: 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.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, as his Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora. THEWILL recalls that she served as Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora in the 7th House of Representatives.
The rest Directors-General of federal parastatals, who were requested to hand over the most senior officer in the various agencies, include:
Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund
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
Nigeria Investment Promotion Council, NIPC
Bank of Industry, BoI
National Centre for Women Development, NCWD
National Orientation Agency, NOA
Industrial Training Fund, ITF
Nigerian Export-Import Bank
National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic In Persons and Other Related Matters, NAPTIP
