NDLEA, NAFDAC Escape President Tinubu's Hammer On Dissolution Of Boards Of Agencies, Parastatals
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday, approved the non inclusion of the Boards of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC) from the recent decision to dissolve Boards of Agencies and Parastatals.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday, approved the non inclusion of the Boards of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC) from the recent decision to dissolve Boards of Agencies and Parastatals.
Director, Information, on behalf of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, in short statement on Tuesday said.
"Further to the directive on the dissolution of Boards of Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions and Government-owned Companies, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has clarified that the Boards of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control (NAFDAC) are exempted from such dissolution," the statement reads.
President Tinubu, on Monday ordered the dissolution of boards of all Federal Government parastatals, agencies, Institutions, and government-owned Companies
The directive however exempted boards commissions, and councils listed in the thir schedule, part one section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from the president’s directive.
As such, the Nigeria Judicial Council, Code of Conduct Bureau; Council of State; Federal Character Commission; Federal Civil Service Commission; Independent National Electoral Commission; National Population Commission; Police Service Commission; and Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission are part of the agencies excluded from the section of the constitution.
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