As
part of measures to reduce the cost of governance, the incoming
administration of Muhammadu Buhari may retain only 19 ministries from
the present 31.
It was learned that the
cost-of-governance-reduction strategy is not by intuition or a flash in
the pan as various advisory committees of the new governing Party, the
All Progressive Congress (APC) have been considering the new deal for
some time.
The Guardian confirmed that
President-elect, Buhari, is fully persuaded too that he would not be
able to deliver on promises without shedding the weight of the federal
bureaucracy and indeed the number of ministries and agencies of
government that consume the more than 70 per cent of the federal budget
through the recurrent expenditure instrument.
The Stephen
Oronsaye’s report of 2012, a comprehensive blueprint on the fundamentals
of reduction of cost of governance has become handy for the technocrats
crafting working papers for the in-coming administration.
It
was gathered too that the former Head of Service, Oronsaye, has been
consulted on the report details that the outgoing administration has
failed to implement.
Specifically, Ahmed Joda, chairman of the
transition committee of the APC has collected a copy of the Oronsaye
panel report from the former Principal Secretary/Permanent Secretary
State House, (Oronsaye) himself. The former Permanent Secretary, Finance
confirmed the development on telephone last night.
In the new deal being considered, there may be the following structure as examples of merger of ministries:
1. Ministry of Interior (to include Police Affairs)
2. Ministry of Transportation (to include Works, Aviation, Railways, Waterways/Transport
3. Agriculture & Water Resources, etc.
4. Ministry of Information, Youth Development & Culture
5. Ministry of Trade, Investment & Tourism, etc.
Niger Delta Ministry may be replaced with Ministry for Regional Development. Women Affairs, Special Duties may be scrapped.
Credit: Nigerian Guardian
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