The Federal Government, Monday, wielded the big axe in its drive towards the restructuring of government agencies with its decision to relieve the chief executives officers of 20 government parastatals of their positions.
in a statement signed by the secretary to the federal government, Babachir Lawal, the 26 affected executives have been directed to hand over to the most senior official in their respective agencies, amongst the agencies involved are the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) , Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), (Voice of Nigeria (VON) ,News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) , National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
Others include the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) ,Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board(NCDMB) ,Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) ,Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) ,National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA),Petroleum Equalization Fund ,Nigeria Railways Corporation (NRC) ,Bureau of Public Procurements (BPP) ,Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA)
The list also includes the director general of the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC),Nigeria Investment Promotion Council (NIPC), Bank of Industry (BoI) , National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) ,National Orientation Agency (NOA) ,Industrial Training Fund (ITF) , Nigerian Export-Import Bank,National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic In Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP).