Osinbajo replaces Babachir at new boards committee

President Muhammadu Buhari has removed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Babachir David Lawan as chairman of the presidential committee on the reconstitution of federal government boards of parastatals, agencies and commissions.

Multiple sources said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was appointed to chair the presidential committee.

The chairman of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agencies (NDLEA) Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah was also appointed to head the secretariat of the committee at the instance of the vice president, a source said.

“The SGF is no longer in charge of that responsibility, for obvious reasons,” one of the sources said.

Daily Trust, January 3, 2017

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