The Secretary to the Government of the federation, SGF, Senator George Akume, has debunked the story making the rounds that his office has set up a committee to constitute boards of government parastatals.
The denial of the story, allegedly carried on page 6 of Sunday Punch, and titled: ‘FG sets up Panel to Reconstitute Boards of Parastatals,’ is contained in a press statement signed by the Director of Information, Office of the SGF, Willie Bassey, and made available to OyoEyeWitness.
The statement stated “clearly that there is no truth in the story as published in the Sunday Punch, neither has government set up any ad-hoc committee as alleged to review the resumes of individuals who would fill such board appointments as stated in the said publication.”
It further clarified that ‘the visit of the two former governors of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu and Jigawa State, Abubakar Badaru, to his office on Friday had nothing to do with such adhoc committee. It has everything to do with their recent appointment as ministers.”
The statement added, ” Also, the reporter inaccurately quoted the spokesperson of the OSGF as indicating that 14 agencies were stipulated to have been exempted. Whereas, the release in question at the time only received the President’s approval for two agencies – National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC.
“In order to avoid inaccurate reporting, the SGF admonishes media personnel to always cross-check information directly from authorized persons in his office rather than depending on some social media reports, which may be inaccurate.”
