By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Federal Government on Monday announced the exit of directors general (DGs) of 24 agencies and parastatals, coming on the heels of the sack of  heads of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of Nigeria (VON) and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC).

Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF) in a statement named the 24 DGs sacked and other heads of parastatals affected to include: Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).

Other DGs and heads of federal parastatals who were asked to exit include; Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA), Petroleum Equalization Fund, Nigeria Railways Corporation (NRC), Bureau of Public Procurements (BPP),  Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE),   Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA),  Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON).

Still on list include;  National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), Nigeria Investment Promotion Council (NIPC),Bank of Industry (BoI), National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), National Orientation Agency (NOA), Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), and the National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic In Persons and Other Related Matters, (NAPTIP).

Also, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Abike Dabiri-Erewa, a former member of the House of Representatives as seniour special assistant on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora.