President Bola Tinubu has issued a directive to implement the long held Stephen Oronsaye Committee Report on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies popularly known as \u2018Oronsaye Report\u2019 in what he describes as his government\u2019s move to cut the cost of governance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report which was first issued in 2012, seeks to rationalise and reduce the numbers of departments and agencies of government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Federal Executive Council approved the full implementation of the\nOronsaye Report on February 26,\n2024. The Secretary to the Government of\nthe Federation, George Akume, went on to inaugurate an 8-member Committee on\nMarch 7, saddled with the responsibility of implementing recommendations in the\nreport within 12 weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to a list released by the Senior Special Assistant to the\nPresident on Print Media, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, the list of agencies,\ncommissions and parastatals affected by the decision of the Federal Executive\nCouncil indicate two institutions for\nscrapping, 15 for merging, nine to be subsumed and four to be relocated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is important to note that some of the agencies of government\nrecommended for merger are agencies established by law and will require\nlegislative action for the merger to gain legal support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For several years, Nigerians called for the Oronsaye Report to be\nimplemented. Rather than do this, the government\ncontinued to expand; new agencies were\ncreated and existing agencies were stuffed with huge staff numbers, several of\nthem being family, relations and friends of government officials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although the government has explained that the implementation of the\nOronsaye report may not necessarily result in job loss, it is unclear how this\ncan be implemented to achieve the objective of the Report. The whole idea of\nsetting up the Oronsaye Committee was to shrink agencies, reduce overstaffing\nand make the agencies nimble and effective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simply merging existing organisiations, redesignating them under an\numbrella name and allowing functioning of bloated agencies certainly defeats\nthe purpose of the Oronsaye Report. Yet, the crisis of the present time, the\nhuge unemployment, the severe economic challenges in the country make the\nimplementation of the Oronsaye Report a risky political and economic decision. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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