BUHARI WARNS VICE PRESIDENT OSINBAJO
President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo for not following due process in matters related to his office. The president then directed the VP to, henceforth, seek presidential approvals for agencies under his supervision.
The directive to follow due process was issued via a presidential memo on Monday.
Currently, Osinbajo is the chairman of the governing boards of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the National Boundary Commission (NBC) and the Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA).
With the new memo, the vice-president will now have to seek approvals for contract awards, annual reports, annual accounts, power to borrow, and power to make regulations, among other key functions.
There are unconfirmed reports that NEMA and National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) will now be moved from the office of the VP to the newly created ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, headed by Sadiya Umar Farouq.
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