Buhari sacks FCT revenue service chairman, others

President Muhammadu Buhari has fired the Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Internal Revenue Service.

 

This was contained in a letter the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, sent Wednesday to the FCT Permanent Secretary, John Chukwu.

 

The letter, with reference no. SGF.19/S.81/T1/97, indicated that the president also approved the sacking of the Chairmen, Secondary Education and Universal Basic Education Boards with immediate effect.

 

The letter stated that the directive affected all the boards of the Federal Capital Territory parastatals, agencies, institutions and government-owned companies.

 

FCT Deputy Director of Press Mohammed Sule, in a statement on Thursday, quoted the letter as directing the affected chairmen to comply with the Federal Government’s directive on the dissolution of the boards of parastatals, agencies, institutions and government-owned companies.

 

The statement read: "The Federal Government’s directive as contained in Circular Ref. No. SGF.19/S.81/XIX/964 on the dissolution of the Governing Boards of the Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions and Government-owned companies remains extant.”

 

“In view of this directive, the FCT Permanent Secretary has directed the former Chairman of the FCT IRS to hand over all duties and responsibilities of his office as well as government belongings in his possession to the Director of Treasury, FCT, while the Chairmen of the Secondary Education Board and Universal Basic Education Board should hand over all duties and responsibilities of their offices as well as government belongings in their possession to the Directors/Secretaries of SEB and UBEB respectively".