How Buhari’s minister illegally dissolves boards, abuses power after failing to impose directors-general - Punch Newspapers

investigates the crisis in the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the role played by the Minister, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, and the illegal termination of the tenures of governing boards over their refusal to dance to the tune of the minister

By some other means, the minister got the President to sign for new boards to be inaugurated, effectively removing oppositions in the parastatals. The board chairmen, however, rejected the letter, reminding Onu that the section he cited was “outdated” and had long been overtaken by a circular from the Secretary to the Government Federation dated April 18, 1985.

The 12 parastatals whose boards were changed include the National Board for Technology Incubation , The Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology , Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis and Onchocerciasis , National Biotechnology Development Agency , National Centre For Technology Management , Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency , Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute and National Institute of Leather Science and Technology , Zaria.

However, most parastatals in the ministry are guided by the SGF circular of 1985, which prescribes a term of four years for chairmen and their members. In September 2021, Buhari, in a memo by his Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambo, directed Onu to allow the FIIRO governing board to operate freely. For FIIRO, the governing board came in collision with Onu in May 2019 when the tenure of the former director-general of the agency, Prof. Gloria Elemo, ended.

After a series of investigations revealed that the minister’s candidate was parading a phantom degree and was indicted by the ICPC, the board removed him from the position.Igwe, under the heat of intense investigations, returned to Universite d’Abomey-Calavi University, Benin Republic, and completed his studies, which he abandoned 18 years ago.Onu then wrote to Gwarzo and demanded that the official should be reinstated as acting DG, a request that was rejected by the board.

The refusal of the board to do the minister’s bidding was trailed by allegations of financial misappropriation, which were investigated and found false.The board chairman claimed in December 2020 that the minister made at least 10 attempts to dissolve the board, which failed.

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