Dead Appointees: Buhari Orders Review of Boards’ List
Following the outrage that trailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent appointment of dead people into the boards of Federal Government’s agencies, the President has ordered the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, to review the entire list.
The review, it was learnt, is meant to ascertain all nominees that need replacement on the list released last Friday.
It was further learnt that apart from those who were identified as having died before the announcement of their appointments, at least one person has also died between when the list was made public and now.
With the review, the inauguration of the living appointees by the relevant ministers are expected to be put on hold as they may not get their appointment letters until after the revised list must have been approved.
In all, 209 chairmen and 1,258 board members were announced.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed the President’s directive for a review of the entire list to the press on Thursday.
Shehu said those saddled with the responsibility had gone far in their assignment and would soon present their report to the President.
He said, “Apart from the dead persons, those who have left the ruling All Progressives Congress but were included in the list would also be removed.”
He said, “Yes, I can confirm to you that the process to replace the dead ones has started. We have listened to the concerns raised.”
“The entire list is being scrutinised all over again. They have gone very far and they will be reporting to the President very soon.”
“Even after the list was published, one nominee died. They need to take a second look at the entire list.”
“There were also complaints about some persons who had left the party but made the list. We are looking at those ones too with a view to replacing them.”
Some of the dead persons on the list released included the late Senator Francis Okpozo, who died in December 2016. He was named the chairman of the board of the Nigerian Press Council.
Another was Donald Ugbaja, the late Deputy Inspector-General of Police who died in November but was listed as one of the board members of the Consumer Protection Council.
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