13 Agencies Exempted as President Bola Tinubu Dissolves Boards, Agencies, Others

• President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has dissolved governing boards of all federal government parastatals, agencies, and government-owned companies
• The dissolution does not, however, affect Boards, Commissions, and Councils listed in the Third Schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution
• As a result, some agencies like the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the Police Service Commission (PSC), are not affected

FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, June 19, approved and directed the immediate dissolution of the governing boards of all federal government parastatals, agencies, Institutions, and government-owned companies.

However, some agencies are exempted, according to Dada Olusegun, the president's media aide.

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The Punch also reported about some of the agencies excluded from the presidential directive.

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Agencies exempted from this dissolution are listed below:

1. Code of conduct Bureau
2. Council of State
3. Federal Character Commission
4. Federal Judicial Service Commission
5. Independent National Electoral Commission
6. National Defense Council
7. National Economic Council
8. National Judicial Commission
9. National Population Commission
10. National Security Council
11. National Police Council
12. Police Service Commission
13. Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission

What is the constitutional provision?

In a similar vein, a member of the State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state, Akin Akinwale, cited the constitutional provision to the exemptions.

Quoting section 153 (I) of the Constitution, he wrote on his verified Twitter handle on Monday, June 19:

President Bola Tinubu dissolves boards of agencies, parastatals, others

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that President Tinubu dissolved the governing boards of all the agencies, institutions, companies, and parastatals of the federal government on Monday, June 19.

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Permanent secretaries were then directed to take the correspondences to the president using the office of the secretary to the government of the federation.

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In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that President Tinubu upgraded the position of Nuhu Ribadu from Special Adviser on Security to National Security Adviser.

Recall that the President announced the pioneer chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as a special adviser on security last week.

Source: Legit.ng