President Muhammadu Buhari’s has ordered the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, to review the entire list of the recently released members of the board of Federal Government’s agencies which contained names of dead people.
The review, it was learnt, is meant to ascertain all nominees that need replacement on the list released last week.
It was further learnt that apart from those who were identified as having died before the announcement of their appointments, at least one person has also died between when the list was made public and now.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed the President’s directive for a review of the entire list in an interview with Punch.
According to Shehu, those saddled with the responsibility had gone far in their assignment and would soon present their report to the President.
He said apart from the dead persons, those who have left the ruling All Progressives Congress but were included in the list would also be removed.
He said, “Yes, I can confirm to you that the process to replace the dead ones has started. We have listened to the concerns raised.
“The entire list is being scrutinised all over again. They have gone very far and they will be reporting to the President very soon.
“Even after the list was published, one nominee died. They need to take a second look at the entire list.
“There were also complaints about some persons who had left the party but made the list. We are looking at those ones too with a view to replacing them.”