Governance: Osinbajo Stripped Of Powers Over NEMA, Other Agencies - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 18, 2019
Vice President YemiOsinbajo has been stripped of some of his powers over some Federal Governmentagencies under his supervision.
Sources in thePresidency confirmed that the vice president, through a memo, had received a presidentialdirective asking him to seek presidential approvals for those agencies.
The vice presidentchairs the governing boards of the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA,Border Communities Development Agency, the National Institute for Policy andStrategic Studies NIPSS, and the National Boundary Commission NBC.
He also chairs theBoard of Directors of Niger Delta Power Holding Company, a limited liabilitycompany owned by the three tiers of government as well as the Chairman ofNational Council on Privatisation.
The new directive camein the wake of alleged irregularities in running the affairs of the agencies.