- Pix above(L-R): Sen George Akume, PBAT and Hon Femi Gbajabiamila
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As the Labour Party and its standard bearer in the February 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi and PDP’s flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar, have kicked against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s offer of Board appointments to opposition parties through their governors, saying such Greek gift will not change the fact that Tinubu’s presidency is an illegitimate government, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has constituted a special committee to replace the Boards of all Federal Government agencies that were dissolved last week.
In that wise, the Chief of Staff, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, is appointed to head the special committee, Tribune reports.
The special committee is tasked with the responsibility of creating selection and nomination modalities in line with the law governing the requirements and qualifications expected of appointees in the affected Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
A source within the Presidency said that Tinubu has demanded that the committee be thorough in its work, particularly in understanding the agencies whose establishment Acts mandate federal character representation or specified educational and technical expertise.
The committee will also be responsible for ensuring that the new boards are reflective of the diversity of the Nigerian people.
In addition to the Chief of Staff, the committee will include the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, the Special Adviser to the President on Political and Intergovernmental Affairs, Mallam Yau Darazo, and some legal and private sector experts.
The State Online recalls that the Labour Party and its standard bearer in the February 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, have kicked against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s offer of Board appointments to opposition parties through their governors, saying such Greek gift will not change the fact that Tinubu’s presidency is an illegitimate government.
–L-R: Peter Obi and Atiku
This is even as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its standard bearer, Atiku Abubakar, simply said Tinubu’s proposal merits no response in the first place.
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, had disclosed at a meeting of the forum in Abuja on Tuesday night that the President had asked the Governors to nominate competent persons to serve in the Boards and parastatals of Federal Government agencies.
The proposal was coming on the heels of President Tinubu announcing the dissolution of the Governing Boards of over 153 agencies, parastatals, institutions and government-owned companies, last month./SHARE THIS
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