Wike sacks heads of FCTA agencies, parastatals

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BY NEWS DESK, SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 | 10:20 AM


The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has sacked heads of 21 parastatals, agencies and government companies of the FCT Administration.

Mr Anthony Ogunleye, Director of Press, Office of the Minister, disclosed this in a press statement in Abuja on Wednesday.

Ogunleye identified the affected heads of the agencies as follows:

  1. Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abuja Investment Company Ltd

  2. CEO/Managing Director, Abuja Markets Management Ltd

  3. MD/CEO, Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company

  4. CEO/MD, Abuja Property Development Company

  5. CEO/MD, Abuja Technology Village Free Trade Zone Company

  6. CEO/MD, Abuja Film Village International

  7. CEO/MD, Powernoth AICL Equipment Leasing Company Ltd

  8. MD, Abuja Broadcasting Corporation

  9. MD, Abuja Enterprise Agency

  10. General Manager, FCT Water Board

  11. Director-General (DG), FCT Emergency Management Agency

  12. Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Healthcare Board

  13. DG, Hospital Management Board

  14. Director, Abuja Environmental Protection Board

  15. Director, FCT Scholarship Board

  16. Director, FCT Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board

  17. Director, Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board

  18. Coordinator, Abuja Infrastructure Investment Center

  19. Director, FCT Health Insurance Scheme

  20. Coordinator, Satellite Towns Development Department

  21. Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council

The statement directed affected appointees to hand over the affairs of their offices to the most senior officers in the establishments.

It added that appointments into the offices would be made in due course.

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