In less than 24 hours, President Muhammadu Buhari will finish his first term and thanks to his re-election, he will begin another four-year term.
While his administration had paid some attention to the economy through the national economic council headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, there is still a number of things to be done.
Two months after assuming office in 2015, he approved the dissolution of governing boards of federal parastatals, agencies and institutions.
No move was made to fill up these positions until December 2017 when a total of 209 chairmen, 1258 board members were appointed.
However, it was discovered that there were five dead people on the list.
Despite the mass appointment, the following 10 parastatals did not get boards;
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Nigerian Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO), Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), Nigeria Customs Services (NCS), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Pension Commission of Nigeria (PenCom), Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) and National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN).
In the case of the Nigeria Customs Service, the board’s main functions are appointment, promotion and discipline of officers of the service while also serving as the policy-making organ of the service.
The Boards is also to administer the CEMA. It is the policy-making organ of the service. Also, the Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) is yet to have a board.
