President Bola Tinubu has dissolved the Presidential Implementation Committee on the management on the sale and privatisation and
leasing of federal lands, shifting oversight of such activities to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi.
The decision, announced Wednesday, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President Bayo Onanuga in a statement on Thursday said the President has transferred the responsibility for coordinating matters related to the committee’s work to the Minister of Justice.
The statement said the President’s decision is effective immediately,
The committee was created in 2000 under President Olusegun Obasanjo to implement the government’s monetisation policy by overseeing the privatisation, sale and lease of federal government real estate.
Onanuga said its dissolution marks a reorganisation of how the federal government manages its property-disposal programme.
Its membership comprised the then Minister of Housing as Chairperson, alongside 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 the pioneer Secretary.
Other members were drawn from both the public and private sectors.
“On March 22, 2001, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) 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.
“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.
“Accordingly, the President directed the dissolution of the PIC and that the Attorney General of the Federation coordinate its activities with effect from November 5, 2025,” the statement said.
Onanuga added that “Following the President’s directive, the PIC stands dissolved, and the erstwhile Secretary, B. S Dutsin-Ma, is hereby further directed to cease acting on behalf of the committee and the Federal Government on related matters.”
