President Muhammed Buhari has ordered the immediate sack of the Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service, the Chairman of the Secondary Education Board and the Chairman of the Universal Basic Education Board.
The sack was ordered on Wednesday in a letter sent to the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, John Chukwu from the office of the Secretary to Government of the Federation.
A statement from the FCT Administration states, “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.”
“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.