Secretary to the Government of the Federation of Nigeria briefly called the SGF is one of the most influential offices at the federal government leadership organogram. The SGF apart from being the secretary to the Federal Executive Council chaired by the president himself, the SGF heads many government agencies and commissions and runs supervisory role on all the organs of the federal government and leadership.
The appointment into the office of the SGF doesn’t require legislative screening, Senate nor House of Representatives. The president reserves the exclusive right to nominate a person he feels can handle the duties embedded in the office and swears the person into office.
SGF monitors, makes the decisions of the president to be implemented as and when due. He coordinates activities of the Federal Executive Council. Seven Permanent Secretaries work under the office of the SGF who are drawn from the civil service system of the federal government. They help the SGF to pilot the duties the office carries out as long as the appointment lasts.
The SGF is a silent appointee of the president and the following agencies of federal government are under him:
- National Identity Management Commission (NIMC)
- Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)
- Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC)
- Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)
- National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NHCN)
- National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF)
- Nigeria National Merit Award (NMMA)
- National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC)
- Code of ConductBureau (CCB), Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), National Agency for theControl of Aids (NACA), New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP), National Commission for Refugees (NCR).
