President Bola Tinubu has directed the comprehensive implementation of the long-awaited Oronsaye Report.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, follows Monday’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja.
Under the leadership of President Tinubu, various agencies, commissions, and departments are set to undergo significant changes, Mohammed Idris stated addressing the administration’s commitment to streamlining governmental operations for the betterment of Nigeria.
A committee, chaired by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Coordination, Mrs. Hadiza Bala-Usman, has been constituted to oversee the mergers, scrapping, and relocations within a tight 12-week timeline.
The Oronsaye Report, submitted in 2012, highlighted the proliferation of 541 federal government parastatals, commissions, and agencies, both statutory and non-statutory. It recommended substantial reforms, including slashing the number of statutory agencies from 263 to 161, scrapping 38 agencies, merging 52, and reverting 14 to departments within various ministries.
Moreover, the report suggested repealing the law establishing the National Salaries and Wages Commission, with its functions to be absorbed by the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Responsibility Commission. Additionally, it proposed merging the nation’s top three anti-corruption agencies—namely, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, and the Code of Conduct Bureau.
