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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has scheduled a meeting with the Chairmen of the state chapters of the party on Thursday to finalise issues relating to the recently released list of appointees to the Boards of Federal Government Parastatals.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on the eve of New Year approved the appointment of 209 Chairmen and 1,258 members to the Boards of Federal Agencies and Parastatals.
However, following the discovery of the names of eight dead persons on the list and the subsequent criticisms it attracted, the President was forced to order the review of the entire exercise to correct the anomaly.
Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who confirmed the review, said the entire list was being scrutinised all over again by a Committee constituted by the President.
He said the consultation with state Chairmen was necessary in view of the fact that their input might be needed to effect changes to the original list submitted to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).
Speaking during a dinner with journalists at his residence in Abuja, Oyegun had said that though the party participated in drawing up the initial list of appointees, it was not consulted before the final list was sent to the President for approval.
“We asked every state to submit 50 nominations which were sent to the Committee in charge of the list. They completed the initial exercise at that time but since then a lot has happened.
“People have changed parties, people have died, we have three new governors that were not there when the list was compiled,” he said.
