As members of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) await the release of the board and Chief Executive Officers appointments, a source at the presidency has revealed that the appointments were delayed because of the restructuring of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.

 The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, stated that until the presidency concludes the restructuring, the board and Chief Executive Officers’ appointments might not be released.

 For one year, the APC chieftains have been waiting for their appointments into Boards and Chief Executive Officers of some Federal Government Parastatals and Agencies.

The President, Muhammadu Buhari had at the assumption of office trimmed down the number of Ministries from over 30 to 23. He also promised that the Departments and the Agencies would be trimmed down.

 The Presidency source speaking, stated that Agencies like  te Petroleum Products and Pricing Regulation Agency (PPPRA), Petroleum Equalisation Trust Fund (PETF) and others under the Ministry of Petroleum would be merged. According to him, these are agencies responsible for subsidies of petroleum products and now that such subsidies are not visible important they would be merged.