President Goodluck Jonathan has dissolved all federal government boards and parastatals.
To this effect, he has inaugurated the Committee on the Composition of the Boards of Federal Government Parastatals chaired by Vice-President Namadi Sambo.
Jonathan, who disclosed the disolution of the boards and parastatals while inaugurating its committee, noted that the former members of the various boards were not relieved of their jobs because they were not capable, but because it was government’s way of doing so at an interval of four years.
He said,? “Every four years, it is customary that the boards of federal government parastatals and agencies are dissolved. The experience they have acquired these past five years, they will bring it to bear on any other responsibility that they are assigned and we believe they will do the best for this country.”
Noting that the newly inaugurated committee was “the most powerful committee”, the president said, “The dissolution would have been done earlier, but, of course, this is a continuous government and that is why we were not in a hurry to dissolve boards.
“But, of course, we have to review and reposition properly. We are formally inaugurating this committee headed by the vice president, one of the most powerful committees because most senior people from the executive, the legislature and the party (Peoples Democratic Party) are members.
“We believe that you will do this work very quickly. First and foremost, the tradition is to ration it: go to the states and so on and so forth; then, we will now call the state governors for a meeting. After that, compiling of names will take place.”