MAJOR DEVELOPMENT: TINUBU DIRECTS COMPREHENSIVE EXECUTION OF 800-PAGE ORONSAYE REPORT
Today, President Bola Tinubu has given the directive for the comprehensive execution of the Oronsaye report.
In response, he has announced the amalgamation, absorption, elimination, and relocation of several government agencies.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this information to State House Correspondents after Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.
“In a decisive move today, this administration, under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, once again displaying his courage to make significant decisions in the interest of Nigeria, has chosen to implement the so-called Oronsaye Report.
“Now, what that entails is that a number of agencies, commissions, and some departments have indeed been abolished. Some have been modified and streamlined, while others have been incorporated. Additionally, some have been relocated from certain ministries to others where the government believes they will function more effectively,” explained Idris.
Consequently, President Tinubu has established a committee to oversee the execution of mergers, eliminations, and relocations within the next 12 weeks, as stated by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Coordination, Mrs. Hadiza Bala-Usman.
Originally submitted in 2012, the Oronsaye report on public sector reforms highlighted the existence of 541 Federal Government parastatals, commissions, and agencies—both statutory and non-statutory. A year earlier, then-President Goodluck Jonathan had initiated the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions, and Agencies, led by Stephen Oronsaye, former Head of Civil Service.
The comprehensive 800-page report recommended reducing 263 statutory agencies to 161, scrapping 38 agencies, merging 52, and reverting 14 to departments in various ministries.
Among its suggestions, the report recommended repealing the law establishing the National Salaries and Wages Commission, proposing the takeover of its functions by the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Responsibility Commission.
Additionally, the report advised the Federal Government to merge the nation’s top three anti-corruption agencies—the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, and the Code of Conduct Bureau, according to a report by PUNCH.
Tobi Adetunji; From the News Source: Techeconomy
