President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in a bid to form what appears to be a national unity government, has reserved some appointments in the governing boards of agencies, parastatals, institutions and government owned companies for members of the opposition party, Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party.
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Kwara State governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq disclosed this at a meeting of the forum in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to Abdulrazaq, Tinubu directed the governors to nominate competent individuals to serve on the boards and parastatals of Federal Government agencies which were dissolved last month.
Recall that president Tinubu had dissolved the boards last month, which left no fewer than 2,000 vacant positions expected to be occupied by new nominees.
Though, among the agencies are the North-East Development Commission with 12 vacant board slots, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission with seven board seats; Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, seven; Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, 21.
Others are the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, 7; Nigerian Meteorological Agency, seven; Nigerian College of Aviation Technology,8; Nigerian Police Trust Fund, 8; Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency,10; Federal Institute of Industrial Research, 11 and National Centre for Technology Management, 11 among others.
Meanwhile, a communique issued at the end of the NGF meeting on Wednesday, partly read, “Members (of NGF) resolved to commend the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria President, Bola Tinubu for showing leadership by extending the opportunity to governors across party lines, by asking them to nominate competent people from their fold for appointment into boards of parastatals.”