Nigeria’s President Muhammadu
Buhari has terminated the appointments of the Chairman of the Federal Capital
Territory, FCT Internal Revenue Service as well as the Chairmen, Secondary
Education and Universal Basic Education Boards.
This was contained in a letter with reference no.
SGF.19/S.81/T1/97 sent to the FCT Permanent Secretary, John Chukwu, on
Wednesday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
The FCT Deputy Director of Press, Mohammed Sule,
issued a statement to the dismissal on Thursday.
The letter, which conveyed their dismissal with
immediate effect, ordered the affected chairmen to comply with the Federal
Government’s directive on the dissolution of the governing boards of
parastatals, agencies, institutions and government-owned companies.
The letter reads, “The
Federal Government’s directive as contained in Circular Ref. No.
SGF.19/S.81/XIX/964 on the dissolution of the Governing Boards of the Federal
Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions and Government-owned companies
remains extant.”
“In
view of this directive, the FCT Permanent Secretary has directed the former
Chairman of the FCT IRS to hand over all duties and responsibilities of his
office as well as government belongings in his possession to the Director of
Treasury, FCT, while the Chairmen of the Secondary Education Board and
Universal Basic Education Board should hand over all duties and
responsibilities of their offices as well as government belongings in their
possession to the Directors/Secretaries of SEB and UBEB respectively.”
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