By Chimezie Godfrey
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate dissolution of the Governing Board of the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by Dr. Nnamdi Maurice Mbaeri, Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, For: Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
According to the statement, the approval is in the exercise of the President’s Constitutional Powers under Section 5 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and Section 4 of the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre Act.
“In view of this, the Chief Executive of the Centre has been directed to refer matters requiring the attention of the Board to the Minister of Youth & Sports Development until such a time, a new board would be reconstituted.
“Consequent upon this, all committees, technical committees and other similar organs established are also affected,” the statement read.
