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By Isaiah Adewole
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on the Alienation of Federal Government Properties, bringing to an end a body established more than two decades ago to oversee the privatisation, sale and lease of federal government landed assets.
The decision, announced in a State House statement on Thursday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, transfers responsibility for all matters relating to the committee’s activities to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi.
According to the statement, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) has approved the immediate dissolution of the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on the Alienation of Federal Government Properties.”
It added that, “Henceforth, all matters relating to the activities of the Committee will be coordinated by the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi.”
The Presidential Implementation Committee was created in 2000 under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to implement the Federal Government’s monetisation policy through the privatisation, sale and lease of government-owned landed assets.
Its membership included the then Minister of Housing as chairperson, representatives of several federal ministries, the Nigeria Police Force, and both public and private sector stakeholders.
The committee’s pioneer secretary was Professor P. T. Ahire, then a Deputy Director in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
The Presidency also recalled that the Federal Executive Council, on March 22, 2001, approved the establishment of a Panel of Inquiry to produce a White Paper to guide the implementation of the committee’s recommendations.
The panel reportedly spent 21 months before submitting its report.
Explaining the rationale for the dissolution, the Presidency said the committee had outlived its original purpose.
“After careful consideration, the Government has noted that the activities of the PIC had extended beyond its original mandate, resulting in multiple litigations across the country, and the continued existence of the Committee is no longer justified,” the statement said.
President Tinubu consequently directed that the Attorney General coordinate all matters relating to the committee with effect from November 5, 2025.
The statement further directed the committee’s erstwhile Secretary, B. S. Dutsin-Ma, to immediately cease acting on behalf of the dissolved committee and the Federal Government on issues connected with its former responsibilities.
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