2,000 vacancies open for APC faithful, Tinubu’s allies as President dissolve Boards

President Bola Tinubu is reportedly set to fill more than 2,000 positions after governing boards of over 153 agencies, parastatals, institutions, and government-owned companies were dissolved on Monday, June 19.

According to reports, the President will fill the positions with members of his party the All Progressives Congress,

The dissolved boards were among the 209 constituted by former President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2017.

The PUNCH reports that Tinubu on Monday night announced the dissolution of the governing boards of all Federal Government parastatals, agencies, and commissions.

A statement by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, said only boards of commissions and councils listed in the third schedule, part one section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria were excluded from the president’s directive.

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 directive.

Findings by our correspondents on Wednesday, however, revealed that no fewer than 2,000 persons are expected to be appointed to over 153 boards of agencies, parastatals, commissions, departments, and others by the President.