Attorney-General Fagbemi to take over all matters relating to alienation of federal assets.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on the Alienation of Federal Government Properties.
The President directed that all matters relating to the activities of the committee will henceforth be coordinated by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN).
The decision was announced in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
According to the statement, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) had, on March 22, 2001, approved the establishment of a panel of inquiry to produce a White Paper that would guide the implementation of its recommendations. The panel completed its assignment after 21 months and submitted its report.
The Presidency explained that after a review of the committee’s operations, the government found that its activities had extended beyond its original mandate, leading to multiple litigations across the country.
It stated that the continued existence of the committee was no longer justified.
The statement noted that President Tinubu had therefore directed the dissolution of the committee, with effect from November 5, 2025, and transferred responsibility for all related matters to the Attorney-General of the Federation.
“Following the President’s directive, the PIC stands dissolved, and the erstwhile Secretary, B. S. Dutsin-Ma, is hereby directed to cease acting on behalf of the committee and the Federal Government on related matters,” the statement said.
The Presidential Implementation Committee 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 Federal Government’s monetisation policy.
Its membership included the then Minister of Housing as chairperson, alongside representatives from the ministries of Transportation, Justice, Health and Agriculture, as well as the Nigeria Police Force.
The pioneer Secretary of the committee was P. T. Ahire, then a Deputy Director in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, while other members were drawn from both the public and private sectors.