PRESIDENT TINUBU RETIRES SERVICE CHIEFS, IGP, DISSOLVES BOARD OF AGENCIES

President Bola Tinubu approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs, including the Inspector-General of Police from Service.

Also affected are the Advisers, and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service.

In a statement on Monday by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, it informed that Nuhu Ribadu who only last week was appointed as the Security Adviser to the President has now been appointed as the National Security Adviser.

Also, former Theatre Commander of Operation Hadin Kai, Major General Christopher Musa, would replace General Lucky Irabor as the new Chief of Defence Staff.

Similarly, Major General T. A Lagbaja would replace Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff, while Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla has been appointed to take over from Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo as the Chief of Naval Staff and Air Marshal Oludayo Amao would be replaced by

Air Vice Marshal H.B Abubakar as the Chief of Air Staff.

DIG Kayode Egbetokun has also been appoinyed as the Acting Inspector-General of Police and Major General EPA Undiandeye as the Chief of Defence Intelligence.

President Tinubu also approved the immediate dissolution of the Governing Boards of all Federal Government parastatals, agencies, Institutions, and government-owned Companies.

A statement released on Monday by the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, said boards commissions, and councils listed in the third schedule, part one section 153 (i) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria are excluded from the president’s directive.

VOP News gathered that the Nigeria Judicial Council, Code of Conduct Bureau; Council of State; Federal Character Commission; Federal Civil Service Commission; Independent National Electoral Commission; INEC, the National Population Commission; Police Service Commission; and Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission are part of the agencies excluded from the directive