…Dissolves Boards of Govt. Parastatals, MDAs
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from service as well as their replacements with immediate effect.
This is according to an issued press statement by Willie Bassey, Director, Information for the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume.
The newly appointed Officers are: National Security Adviser – Nuhu Ribadu; Chief of Defence Staff – Maj.-Gen. C.G Musa; Chief of Army Staff – Maj-Gen. T. A Lagbaja; Chief of Naval Staff – Rear Admirral E. A Ogalla; Chief of Air Staff – AVM H.B Abubakar; Acting Inspector-General of Police – DIG Kayode Egbetokun, and Chief of Defense Intelligence – Major-General E.P.A Undiandeye.
Other appointments President has also approved by the President are: Brigade of Guards Commander – Col. Adebisi Onasanya; Commanders of 7 Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja – Lt. Col. Moshood Abiodun Yusuf; 177, Guards Battalion, Keffi, Nasarawa State – 3 Lt. Col. Auwalu Baba Inuwa; 102 Guards Battalion, Suleja, Niger – Lt. Col. Mohammed J. Abdulkarim, and that of 176 Guards Battalion, Gwagwalada, Abuja - Lt. Col. Olumide A. Akingbesote.
Similarly, the President has approved the appointments of other Military Officers in the Presidential Villa as well as two (2) additional Special Advisers, and two (2) Senior Assistants, namely: Special Adviser, Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman; Special Adviser, Culture and Entertainment Economy -Hannatu Musa Musawa; Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (Senate) – Sen. Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel, and Hon. (Barr.) Olarewaju Kunle Ibrahim as Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives).
Also, the President has approved the appointment of Adeniyi Bashir Adewale as the Ag. Comptroller General of Customs.
The statement noted that the appointed Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police and the Comptroller-General of Customs are to act in their positions, pending their confirmation in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Similarly, the President 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.
The dissolution does not, however, affect Boards, 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).
The statement added that: “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”.
