Oronsaye report: Tinubu approves merging, scraping of govt. agencies
By Ukpono Ukpong
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of the Oronsaye report.
This will involve the merging, subsuming, scraping and relocation of several agencies of the federal government.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja.
Idris said, “So in a very bold move today, this administration, under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, consistent again with his courage to take very far-reaching decisions in the interest of Nigeria, has taken a decision to implement the so-called Oronsaye Report.
“Now, what that means is that a number of agencies, commissions, and some departments have actually been scrapped. Some have been modified, and marked while others have been subsumed. Others, of course, have also been moved from some ministries to others where the government feels they will operate better.”
The President has constituted a committee to implement the mergers, scrapping and relocations within 12 weeks.
The Stephen Oronsaye report was submitted in 2012 to the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan.
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The report recommended far reaching public sector reforms of about 541 statutory and non-statutory federal government agencies, parastatals and commissions.
The 800-page report recommended that 263 of the statutory agencies be slashed to 161; 38 agencies be scrapped; 52 be merged and 14 be reverted to departments in various ministries.
The report also recommended a repeal of the National Salaries and Wages Commission and its functions taken over by the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Responsibility Commission.
It also recommended the merger of the nation’s 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.
