President Muhammadu Buhari has fired the Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service.
He has also approved the sacking of the
Chairmen, Secondary Education and Universal Basic Education Boards with
immediate effect.
This was contained in a letter with
reference No. SGF.19/S.81/T1/97, sent to the FCT Permanent Secretary,
John Chukwu, on Wednesday by the Secretary to the Federal Government.
A statement by the FCT Deputy Director,
Press, Mohammed Sule, on Thursday in Abuja, quoted the letter as
directing the affected chairmen to comply with the Federal Government
directive on the dissolution of the governing boards of parastatals,
agencies, institutions and government-owned companies.
The letter said, “The Federal
Government’s directive, as contained in Circular Ref. No.
SGF.19/S.81/XIX/964, on the dissolution of the Governing Boards of the
Federal Government parastatals, agencies, institutions and
government-owned companies remains extant.”
It noted that the directive applied to
all the boards of the Federal Capital Territory parastatals, agencies,
institutions and government-owned companies.
“In view of this directive, the FCT
Permanent Secretary has directed the former Chairman of the FCT IRS to
hand over all duties and responsibilities of his office as well as
government belongings in his possession to the Director of Treasury,
FCT, while the Chairmen of the Secondary Education Board and Universal
Basic Education Board should hand over all duties and responsibilities
of their offices as well as government belongings in their possession to
the Directors/Secretaries of SEB and UBEB respectively,” the statement
said.
The FCT Administration expressed its
appreciation to the officials for their contributions to the development
of the FCT and wished them success in their future endeavours.
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