The Labour Party and the flag-bearer in the recent presidential elections, Peter Obi, opposed the proposal to grant seats in the Governing Council to state governors, including those elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, and from the opposition Labor Party, led by President Bola Tinubu.
The Governor of Kwara State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Abdul Rahman Abdul Razzaq, revealed at a meeting of the Forum in Abuja on Tuesday evening that the President had asked the governors to appoint people with powers to work in administrative and semi-administrative departments. Public federal government agencies.
PUNCH reported that Tinubu had announced the dissolution of the boards of directors of more than 153 agencies, parastatal agencies, public corporations and corporations.
The dissolved councils were among the 209 councils established by former President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2017. At least 2,000 council vacancies have been filled by new candidates.
Notable bodies include the Northeast Development Commission with 12 vacant board seats, the Independent Commission on Corruption and Related Crimes with 7 vacant board seats; Joint Admissions and Admissions Committee, seven; Nigerian Teacher Registration Board, 21; Nigerian Social Security Trust Fund, 12; the National University Commission, 21 and the Nigeria Transport Commission, 14; National Health Insurance Agency, 12.
The others are the Nigerian Security Bureau of Investigation, 7; Nigerian Meteorological Agency, seven; Nigerian College of Ation Technology, 8; Nigeria Police Trust Fund, 8; Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Authority, 10; Federal Institute for Industrial Research, 11 and the National Center for Technology Management, 11.
Also on the list are the Nigerian Institute of Road and Construction Research, 11; Nigerian Customs Service, 11; National Retirement Board, 17; National Agency for the Prohibition of Human Trafficking, 11; National Identity Management Committee, 19; West African Examinations Council, 8; Niger Delta Development Commission, 13; National Institute of Sports, 12; Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, 12; National Bureau of Statistics, 15; Federal Local Revenue Service, 15; The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria 8 and the Nigerian Airspace Authority 7, among others.
Governor Abdul Razzaq said, in a statement issued at the conclusion of the forum meeting, on Wednesday, that the members of the forum decided to praise the president for giving governors the ability to appoint council members from all parties.
The governor also disclosed that the forum was briefed by the National Emergency Management Agency and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency on the floods occurring across the country and the measures taken to reduce them.
Just as they also hosted UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed along with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and UN Peace Ambassador Malala Yousafzai, who is in Nigeria to support the girls. The heads of state expressed their willingness to work with the United Nations and the Malala Foundation to promote gender-responsive and inclusive policies, including girls’ access to quality education and other affirmative action, across the country. water.
At the end of the meeting, the governors decided to adopt strategies to deal with the effects of disasters at the local government and community levels, to prevent loss of life and property. The statement read: “The members of the (NGF) have decided to commend the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, for his demonstration of leadership in creating opportunities for Governors of all state constituencies for appointment to the boards of sub-national corporations.
Source; Punch newspapers.
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