The Presidency has adduced some reasons on why it named some
dead persons on the boards of Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of the
Federal Government released Friday, reports ITRealms.
The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to
President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Garba Shehu accepted there were some names of
dead persons on the list of the over 1000 newly appointed chairmen and members
of board of government parastatals and agencies.
ITRealms gathered
the list was released on Friday by the office of the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation (SGF).
Shehu also revealed the list was prepared at the early
stages of President Muhammadu Buhari , but was inadvertently delayed due to
President illness which took him away for about six months on medical vacation.
This, Presidency said, was subsequently released by the newly
appointed SGF, Mr. Boss Mustapha who replaced Babachir Lawal, “without any
alteration.”
The President, Shehu disclosed had requested for the
submission of 50 names each by the state chapters of the All Progressive
Congress (APC) in 2015 which were later complied by the National Secretariat of
the party.
“However, complaint arose from some governors who felt they
were not carried along in the process. To answer this, the president
constituted a committee under the vice president to review and reflect the
interest of the governors,” he said.
Shehu further said that action on the report submitted to
the President by the committee headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was
delayed because of President Buhari’s illness and subsequent medical vacation
abroad.
“The president’s trips for medical attention slowed down
completion of the process,” he declared, stressing that the president only
decided to revisit the matter recently and directed the new SGF to release the
list of some 1467 persons including chairmen and members of boards of some
federal agencies.
“The current SGF was only directed to complete that process
by releasing the list which he apparently did without altering it,” Shehu
insisted.
He said that the appearance of dead person’s names on the
list was a mistake which would be corrected.
The President had approved the constitution of the Governing
Boards of Agencies and Parastatals, under some Ministries, as well as the
appointment of eminently qualified Nigerians to fill the Board positions.
One of the prominent appointments out of the 1,467 named by
presidency was that of the chairman of the Nigerian Press Council (NPC), given
to late Senator Francis Okposo, who reportedly died on December 26, 2016.
The appointment took immediate effect.
Uboshe Uboshe/GEE
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Shehu further said that action on the report submitted to the President by the committee headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was delayed because of President Buhari’s illness and subsequent medical vacation abroad.click here
The President had approved the constitution of the Governing Boards of Agencies and Parastatals, under some Ministries, as well as the appointment of eminently qualified Nigerians to fill the Board positions.click here
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