…AGF Fagbemi to coordinate all related matters
President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee, PIC, on the Alienation of Federal Government Properties.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said all matters relating to the Committee’s activities will henceforth be coordinated by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi.
The PIC was established in 2000 during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to oversee the privatisation, sale and lease of Federal Government landed assets under the monetisation policy.
Its membership comprised the then Minister of Housing as Chairperson, with representatives from the Ministries of Transportation, Justice, Health, Agriculture and the Nigeria Police Force. Professor P.T Ahire, then a Deputy Director in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, served as pioneer Secretary. Other members were drawn from the public and private sectors.
On March 22, 2001, the Federal Executive Council approved the establishment of a Panel of Inquiry to produce a White Paper to guide the implementation of its recommendations. The Panel worked for 21 months before submitting its report.
The statement said the Government observed that the PIC’s activities had extended beyond its original mandate, leading to multiple litigations across the country, and that the continued existence of the Committee was no longer justified.
Accordingly, the President directed that the PIC be dissolved and that the AGF coordinate its activities with effect from November 5, 2025.
Following the directive, the PIC stands dissolved, and the erstwhile Secretary, B. S. Dutsin-Ma, has been directed to cease acting on behalf of the Committee and the Federal Government on related matters.
Tinubu Dissolves Presidential Committee on Alienation of FG Property
