President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on Alienation of Federal Government Properties.
This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on Thursday.
“Going forward, all matters hitherto handled by the committee will be coordinated by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi,” the statement read.
The committee was set up in 2000 during the tenure of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to supervise the privatisation, sale and lease of Federal Government landed assets under monetisation policy.
Its membership comprised the then Minister of Housing as chairperson, representatives of the Ministries of Transportation, Justice, Health and Agriculture and the Nigeria Police Force.
The first secretary was Prof P.T. Ahire, then Deputy Director in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Other members came from the public and private sectors.
The statement recalled that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had approved the setting up of a panel of inquiry on 22 March, 2001, to produce a White Paper to guide the implementation of its recommendations.
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The panel took what was said to be 21 months before submitting its report. The Presidency said the committee had gone beyond its original mandate, and its actions had led to several court cases around the country.
“The Government has noted that the activities of the PIC had exceeded the initial mandate of the Committee and had resulted in several litigations in the country and that the continued existence of the Committee can no longer be justified,” the statement read.
Tinubu therefore directed that the committee be dissolved and the remaining activities be coordinated by the Attorney-General of the Federation from November 5, 2025.
Ex-Secretary Told to Cease Acting
The Presidency also asked the former secretary of the committee, B.S. Dutsin-Ma, to stop acting for the committee or representing the Federal Government on matters relating to the dissolved body.
“The President, therefore, dissolved the PIC and the former Secretary, B.S. Dutsin-Ma, is hereby further directed to stop acting on behalf of the committee and the Federal Government on matters relating thereto,” the statement added.
