Buhari moves to change boards of parastatals, agencies

One Gideon Sammani, whom the presidency recently described as an imposter for describing himself as a Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to the president on political matters has been named by the presidency as the secretary of a federal government committee inaugurated on Monday to reconstitute the boards of federal government parastatals, agencies and commissions.
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir David Lawal, on Monday inaugurated the committee in his office, on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari.
A statement from the office of the SGF signed by one Oise Johnson said the Committee is headed by Lawal while other members are:
(i) Alh. Mai Mala Buni (North-East Zone) ​​-​Member
(ii) Alh. Zakari Idde (North-Central Zone)​​ -​Member
(iii) Alh. Inuwa Abdulkadir (North-West Zone) ​​-​Member
(iiii) Chief Hillard Etagbo Eta (South-South Zone)​ -​Member
(v) Chief Pius Akinyelure (South-West Zone) ​​-​Member
(vi) Chief Emmanuel Eneukwa (South-East Zone) ​-​Member
(vii) Mr. Gideon Sammani (SSAP to the President)​ -Secretary
It would be recalled that a statement by the Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, had described as a fallacy, the claim made by one Samani that President Buhari is shy around women, which he said resulted in the supposedly “low number” of female ministerial nominees.
Adesina, stated that the claim is “baseless and a figment of the imagination of the said Mr. Samani, who was falsely described as the “Senior Special Assistant (Political Matters) to the President”.

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The Terms of Reference of the Committee are as follows:
(i) To determine and recommend to Mr. President, the Governing Boards of Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies and Commissions to be reconstituted immediately;
(ii) To identify the available positions of the Chairmanship and Membership levels in each of the affected Parastatals, Agencies and Commissions as provided for in their respective enabling laws;
(iii) To allocate the Chairmanship and Membership positions to each State of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, including slots for Presidential discretion;
(iiii) To receive and screen the nominees received from the States and the Federal Capital Territory and recommend them to the President for consideration and approval;
(v) To ensure balance in the distribution of Board membersalong the geo-political zones of the country; and
(vi) To advise Mr. President on any other matter(s) regarding the composition of the Boards that are incidental on theforegoing terms of reference.
4.​The Committee, immediately after the inauguration, held its inaugural meeting.

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