The 2012 Steve Oronsaye Report was deemed out of date by the House of Representatives on Thursday, and President Bola Tinubu was urged to carefully examine it before implementing its recommendations.
As a result, the House established a 23-member committee led by House Leader Julius Ihonvbere to suggest suitable actions to lessen the probable effects of the Oronsaye Report study.
In an effort to reduce the cost of governance, the Oronsaye study suggests merging ministries, departments, and agencies.
The Federal Government has announced preparations to put this recommendation into action on Monday.
The Presidential Committee on Rationalization and Restructuring of the Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions, and Agencies was established in 2012 by President Goodluck Jonathan.
A group led by Steve Oronsaye, the former head of the Federation’s civil service, suggested that 220 of the 541 government entities that were in existence at the time be eliminated and merged.
The Oronsonye Report “Recommended the reduction of statutory agencies from 263 to 161, the abolition of 38 agencies, and the reversion of 14 agencies to departments in ministries and the management audit of 89 agencies capturing biometric features of staff as well as the discontinuation of government funding of professional bodies/councils,” the three lawmakers stated on Thursday when they moved a motion of urgent public importance on the House of Representatives floor. Kama Nkemkanma, Olumide Osoba, and Gaza Gbefi.
With a breakdown that showed that “about N124.8bn would be reduced from agencies proposed for abolition; about N100.6bn from agencies proposed for mergers; about N6.6bn from professional bodies; N489.9bn from universities; N50.9bn from polytechnics; N32.3bn from colleges of education and N616m from boards of federal medical centers,” the lawmakers claimed that if the plan were put into action, the government would save over N862bn between 2012 and 2015.
