{"id":1376,"date":"2020-05-05T10:10:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T10:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2020-05-05T10:14:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T10:14:34","slug":"government-to-implement-downsizing-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/government-to-implement-downsizing-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Government To Implement Downsizing Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With citizens battling to overcome the challenges posed by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government has announced plans to implement the long-standing Oronsaye report on downsizing the federal bureaucracy. The downsizing involves restructuring and rationalisation of Federal Government parastatals, commissions and agencies. The report recommends the abolishment and merging of 102 government agencies and parastatals, with a view to empower Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to be more effective with less cost implications. According to the Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, the President\u2019s approval to implement this report has been forwarded to the Head of Civil Service and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).\u00a0 <strong>Government To Implement Downsizing Recommendations<\/strong>With citizens battling to overcome the challenges posed by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government has announced plans to implement the long-standing Oronsaye report on downsizing the federal bureaucracy. The downsizing involves restructuring and rationalisation of Federal Government parastatals, commissions and agencies. The report recommends the abolishment and merging of 102 government agencies and parastatals, with a view to empower Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to be more effective with less cost implications. According to the Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, the President\u2019s approval to implement this report has been forwarded to the Head of Civil Service and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of the high cost of governance in Nigeria, piling debts, depleting\ngovernment revenue, and the multiplicity of organs and functions within the Civil\nService, this strategy may prove beneficial to managing resources at the\ngovernment\u2019s disposal and making the Civil Service system more effective.&nbsp; It is not yet clear how the government seeks\nto achieve this. However, observers wonder if this will translate to many more\ncitizens becoming unemployed, in an uncertain and difficult time, when\norganisations within other sectors of the economy are laying off workers. The\nPresident may have provided some pointers on this issue in his message\ncommemorating the 2020 Workers\u2019 Day, as he stated that the government will\nensure that no employer would retrench workers without recourse to due process\nand stressed that the Presidential Economic Sustainability Committee is working\nto reposition the economy by exploring means to grow Nigeria\u2019s non-oil sector. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With citizens battling to overcome the challenges posed by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government has announced plans to implement the long-standing Oronsaye report on downsizing the federal bureaucracy. The downsizing involves restructuring and rationalisation of Federal Government parastatals, commissions and agencies. 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