Abuja-- The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed on Monday dissolved the board of Abuja Investment Company Limited (AICL) in a move said to reposition the firm.

Explaining the rationale behind the dissolution of the board, the minister said that the company needed to be repositioned and strengthened to be able to woo adequate investments to the FCT.

However, he said the dissolution however did not affect the group managing director, Dr. Abdu Muktar.

He disclosed that a new board will immediately be re-constituted to continue with the task of wooing investors into the Federal Capital Territory .

Senator Mohammed further directed that letters of appreciation should be written to all the out-going board members while he thanked them for their contributions and sacrifice to the Abuja project,

The 11-member Board dissolved was chaired by Mr. Hakeem Bello-Osagie.

Meanwhile, the FCT Executive Committee has ratified the new FCT Strategic Health Development Plan.

The ratification was effected by the FCT Executive Committee during its maiden meeting in 2011 in Gwarinpa I District, Abuja .

According to the committee, the goal was to improve the residents’ health status through a strengthened, well-coordinated and sustainable health care delivery system under the principle of “one nation, one health plan, and one goal.”

The highlights are leadership and governance for health; health service delivery; human resources for health; financing for health; FCT Health Information System; community participation and ownership; partnerships for health and research for health.

The committee approved that the implementation of the plan be done for six years (2010-2015) with budgetary provision N68, 393,520,988.78 spread across the six years.

The funding will be sourced from the FCT Administration, the six Area Councils health sector budgets, MDGs and Development Partners, the committee said.