Pres. Tinubu Excludes NDLEA, NAFDAC From Board Dissolution

 

President Bola Tinubu has exempted the boards of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), from dissolution.

The President had on Monday announced the dissolution of boards of the Federal Government’s parastatals, agencies, institutions, and government-owned companies.

14 agencies listed in the third schedule, Part 1, Section 153 (i), of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria were, however, exempted from the directives.

The statement read: “Further to the directive on the dissolution of Boards of Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions, and Government-owned Companies, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation has clarified that the Boards of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration & Control are exempted from such dissolution”.

However, the boards of the Federal Government’s parastatals, agencies, institutions, and government-owned companies affected by the dissolution include:

*Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON)

• Social Security Administration of Nigeria (SSA)

• Budget Office of the Federation (BOF)

• Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE)

• Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP)

• Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

• Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)

• Debt Management Office (DMO)

• Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)

• Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN)

• Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC)

• Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC)

• National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

• National Council on Privatisation (NCP)

• National Insurance Commission (NAICOM)

• National Pension Commission (PenCom)

• National Planning Commission (NPC)

• National Sugar Development Council (NSDC)

• Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)

* Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)

• Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC)

• Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC)

• Nigerian Export – Import Bank (NEXIM Bank)

• Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC)

• Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA)

• Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA)

• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

• Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)

• Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)

• National Board for Arabic And Islamic Studies (NBAIS)

• Nigeria Gas Company

• Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)

• National Examination Council (NECO)

• National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)

• National Teachers Institute (NTI)

• National Universities Commission (NUC)

• Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN)

• National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB)

• Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC)

• West African Examination Council (WAEC)

• National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE)

• National Library of Nigeria (NLN)

• Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA)

• Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC)

• Electricity Management Services Limited (EMSL)

• Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN)

• National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN)

• Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)

• Nigerian Content Monitoring and Development Board (NCMDB)

• Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL)

• Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA)

• Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA)

• Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN)

• Rural Electrification Agency (REA)

• Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)

• Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA)

• Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN)

• National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA)

• National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA)

* National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA)

• Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON)

• National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)

• National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD)

• National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA)

• National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA)

• Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)

• Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

• Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA)

• State Security Service (SSS)

• National Intelligence Agency (NIA)

• Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU)

• National Judicial Institute (NJI)

• Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)

• Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC)

• Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON)

• News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)

• Nigerian Press Council (NPC)

• Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)

• National Agency For Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI)

• National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA)

• National Centre for Remote Sensing (NCRS)

• Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO)

• National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP)

• National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)

• Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA)

• Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC)

• Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT)

• National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM)

• Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA)

• Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Commission

• National Water Resources Institute (NWRI)

• River Basin Development Authorities (RBDA)

* Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC)

• National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC)

• Federal Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN)

• Consumer Protection Council (CPC)

• Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

• Federal Housing Authority (FHA)

• Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)

• Industrial Training Fund (ITF)

• Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACoN)

• National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP)

• National Boundary Commission

• National Council of Arts and Culture (NCAC)

• National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND)

• National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)

• National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NaHCON)

• National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

• National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)

• National Institute for Hospitality Tourism (NIHOTOUR)

• National Lottery Regulatory Commission

• National Orientation Agency (NOA)

• National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP)

• National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC)

• National Sports Commission (NSC)

• Nigeria Extractive Industries Transprency Initiative (NEITI)

• Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)

• Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI)

• Nigeria Institute of Building (NIOB)

• Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission(NCPC)

• Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC)

• Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC)

• Public Complaints Commission, Nigeria

• Surveyors Council Of Nigeria

* National Lottery Trust Fund National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)

• Nigeria Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT)

• Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC)

• Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)

• Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST)

• National Frequency Management Council

• Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)

• Galaxy Backbone (GBB)

• Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)

• Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA)

• Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)

• Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB)

• Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET)

• Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT)

• Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN)

• National Agricultural Extension, Research and Liaison Services (NAERLS)

• National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI)

• Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC)

• National Root Crops Research Institute (NCRI)

• Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria

• Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research

• Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR)

• Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS)

• National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT).