With last week’s dissolution of boards of Federal Government parastatals, agencies and institutions by President Muhammadu Buhari, many of the chief executives officers (CEOs) of the organisations now live under the fear of losing their jobs. New Telegraph learnt at the weekend that some of them, especially those appointed in the twilight of the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, had told some close aides that the sack hurricane might get to them in a matter of weeks.
Although it could not be ascertained how many CEOs would be caught in the much-expected sack gale, there are about 70 Federal Government parastatals, agencies and institutions, including polytechnics and colleges of education. A close associate to the CEO of a Federal Government’s power agency said his friend had developed an unusual pensive mood on learning of the dissolution of the governing boards last Thursday night. Further checks showed that many other heads of government agencies were also preparing themselves for a possible sack in the next few weeks.
“He was appointed as a pioneer MD of the place in 2005 and he was to have exhausted his two terms of 10 years in the early months of 2015, but he got another tenure renewal from the last administration. So he knows he’s a victim in waiting”, the source said. He said the circular that announced the sack of the governing boards also curtailed the authorities of most CEOs to approve spending. The instruction that CEOs should route their requests to the presidency through their supervising permanent secretaries has put them in a fix. “I can tell you that the clever ones amongst them know this is a booby trap.
They know for certain that unlike the immediate past administration where every request got approval without scrutiny, they will be careful in whatever they put across as a request as their demands may not sail through easily given the avowal determination of the Buhari administration to fight graft and profligacy,” the source stated. Cases of fresh appointments, tenure renewal and board appointments were prevalent in days leading to the wind down of the last administration. Last Thursday, Buhari had approved the sacking of board members of federal parastatals, agencies and tertiary institutions.
The dissolution of the boards of the parastatals and agencies, totalling about 70, was contained in a statement by presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina. He directed chief executive officers of the affected parastatals, agencies and institutions to refer all matters requiring the attention of their boards to the president, through the permanent secretaries of their supervising ministries, pending the reconstitution of the boards.
“While the dissolution does not affect federal executive bodies listed in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it covers administrative or technical committees and other similar organs established by the now dissolved boards,” the statement added. Largely affected by the dissolution are boards of parastatals and agencies which former President Goodluck Jonathan reconstituted in April 2003.
Parastatals, agencies and institutions reconstituted then were the National Boundaries Commission, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, National Youth Service Corps, Nigerian Television Authority, Raw Materials Research and Development Council, National Lottery Regulation Commission and the Maritime Academy of Nigeria. Others included the Nigerian Railway Corporation, National Educational Research and Development Council, the National Teachers’ Institute, National Veterinary Research Institute, National Agric Extension and Research Liaison, Agricultural Research and Training Institute, Institute for Agricultural Research, Federal Institute for Industrial Research and Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria.
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