Twelve years after it received the Stephen Oronsaye Report, the Federal Government has approved the implementation of some of its recommendations to reduce the cost of governance.
Rising from the Federal Executive Council meeting, government announced the decision to merge, subsume and relocate some of the agencies, commissions and parastatals to reduce the cost of governance.
Here is a picture of what to expect in three months:
Agencies to be Scrapped
1. Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate to be scrapped and functions transferred to the Federal Ministry of Finance.
2. The National Senior Secondary Education Commission to be scrapped and functions transferred to the Department of Basic and Secondary Education in the Federal Ministry of Education.
Agencies to be Merged
1. The National Agency for the Control of Aids to be merged under the Centre for Disease Control in the Federal Ministry of Health.
2. National Emergency Management Agency to be merged with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons.
3. The Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa is to be merged with the Directorate of Technical Aid and to function as a department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
4. Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission to be merged with the Bureau for Public Enterprise.
5. The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission is to be merged with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council.
6. National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure to be merged with the National Centre for Agriculture Mechanization and Project Development Institute.
7. National Biotechnology Development Agency to be merged with the National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology.
8. The National Institute for Leather Science Technology is to be merged with the National Institute for Chemical Technology.
9. The Nomadic Education Commission is to be merged with the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult Education and Non-Formal Education.
10. Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria to be merged with Voice of Nigeria.
11. The National Commission for Museums and Monuments to be merged with the National Gallery of Arts.
12. The National Theatre to be merged with the National Troupe of Nigeria.
13. The National Metallurgical Development Centre to be merged with the National Metallurgical Training Institute.
14. Nigerian Army University to be merged with the Nigerian Defence Academy.
15. The Airforce Institute of Technology is to be merged Nigerian Defence Academy.
Agencies to be subsumed
1. Service Compact with all Nigerians to be subsumed to function as a department under the Bureau for Public Service Reforms.
2. Border Communities Development Agency to be subsumed to function as a department under the National Boundary Commission.
3. National Salaries, Income and Wages Commissioned to be subsumed into the Revenue Mobilization & Fiscal Allocation Commission.
4. Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution to be subsumed under Nigerian Institute of International Affairs.
5. Public Complaints Commission to be subsumed under National Human Rights Commission.
6. Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis to be subsumed into Institute of Veterinary Research.
7. Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency to be subsumed under the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development.
8. National Intelligence Agency Pension Commission to be subsumed under the administration of Nigerian Pension Commission.
9. The Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board to be subsumed as a department in the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy.
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Agencies to be relocated
1. Niger Delta Powerholding Company to be relocated to the Ministry of Power.
2. National Agricultural Land Development Agency to be relocated to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.
3. National Blood Service Commission to be converted into an Agency and relocated to the Federal Ministry of Health.
4. Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission to be converted into an Agency and transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
