President Muhammadu Buhari has removed the Secretary to the Government of the
Federation Babachir David Lawal as chairman of the presidential committee on
the reconstitution of federal government boards of parastatals, agencies and
commissions.
According to a report on Daily Trust, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
has been appointed to chair the presidential committee.
It was also gathered that the chairman of NDLEA Muhammad Mustapha
Abdallah has been appointed to head the secretariat of the committee.
“The SGF is no longer in charge of that responsibility, for
obvious reasons,” a source said.
Recall that the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and
Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, recently queried the SGF over alleged
fraud at the Presidential Initiative on North East (PINE).
The Senate ad-hoc committee on mounting crisis of Internally
Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Northeast had accused the SGF of several
misdeeds including failing to account for N2.5 billion PINE funds. However, the
SGF denied all the allegations.
But in his New Year message, President Buhari admitted that his “government is aware of some mistakes and wrongdoings in handling the affairs of IDPs.”
But in his New Year message, President Buhari admitted that his “government is aware of some mistakes and wrongdoings in handling the affairs of IDPs.”
“We are taking measures to correct those mistakes and punish the
culprits,” he added.
Buhari had in October, 2015 empowered an eight-member committee, headed by Babachir, to compile names of prospective appointees into federal government boards, parastatals and agencies.
Buhari had in October, 2015 empowered an eight-member committee, headed by Babachir, to compile names of prospective appointees into federal government boards, parastatals and agencies.
Members of the committee included Alhaji Mai Mala Buni
(northeast), Alhaji Zakari Ede (north central), Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir (north
west), Chief Hillard Etagbo Eta (south-south), Chief Pius Akinyelure (south
west), Chief Emmanuel Eneukwe (south east) and Mr. Gideon Sammani, a senior
special assistant to the president as secretary.
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