By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, relieved 21 heads of the parastatals, agencies and government companies of the FCTA of their appointments with immediate effect.
A statement on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 by the Director of Press in the office of the Minister, Anthony Ogunleye, said they are to hand over the affairs of their offices to the most senior officers in rank in their various agencies and departments.
The statement also said that appointments into the offices will be made in due course. The heads of the agencies, parastatals and companies affected are: the Group MD/CEO, Abuja investment Company Ltd; CEO/MD, 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 and the CEO/MD Abuja Film Village International.
Others are: the CEO/MD Powernoth AICL Equipment Leasing Company Ltd; MD Abuja Broadcasting Corporation; MD, Abuja Enterprise Agency; GM, FCT Water Board; DG, FCT Emergency Management Agency; Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Healthcare Board; Director General, Hospital Management Board; Director, Abuja Environmental Protection Board and Director, FCT Scholarship Board.
Some agency heads equally removed from their jobs include: 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 and the Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council. NNL.