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:
Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abuja Investment Company Ltd
CEO/Managing Director, Abuja Markets Management Ltd
MD/CEO, Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company
CEO/MD, Abuja Property Development Company
CEO/MD, Abuja Technology Village Free Trade Zone Company
CEO/MD, Abuja Film Village International
CEO/MD, Powernoth AICL Equipment Leasing Company Ltd
MD, Abuja Broadcasting Corporation
MD, Abuja Enterprise Agency
General Manager, FCT Water Board
Director-General (DG), FCT Emergency Management Agency
Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Healthcare Board
DG, Hospital Management Board
Director, Abuja Environmental Protection Board
Director, FCT Scholarship Board
Director, FCT Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board
Director, Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board
Coordinator, Abuja Infrastructure Investment Center
Director, FCT Health Insurance Scheme
Coordinator, Satellite Towns Development Department
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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