Concerns over delayed implementation of Oronsaye panel report
10 March 2025 |
3:58 am
One year after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Bola Tinubu assented to the implementation of aspects of the 2012 Stephen Oronsaye panel report, concerns have begun to mount, with Nigerians demanding to know the status of the report’s implementation.
One year after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Bola Tinubu assented to the implementation of aspects of the 2012 Stephen Oronsaye panel report, concerns have begun to mount, with Nigerians demanding to know the status of the report’s implementation.
FEC gave its nod for the implementation of the report’s recommendations on Monday, February 26, 2024. Curiously, the Federal Government has elected to keep mute despite proddings.
Disclosing the cabinet’s approval, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, had after the FEC meeting, told Nigerians that the go-ahead was given in a bold move and consistent with the Tinubu-led administration’s “courage to do what is right for Nigeria and reduce the cost of governance.”
Idris was categorical when he disclosed the setting up of a committee chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, which was given 12 weeks to see to the implementation of the report.
Other members were the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reform, Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination, while the two Senior Special Assistants to the President on National Assembly and the Cabinet Affairs Office will serve as secretariat.
Special Adviser to the President on Policy formulation, Hadiza Bala Usman, revealed that the committee was tasked with immediate terms of reference to proceed and ensure that all the plans were carried out within 12 weeks, addressing the necessary restructuring and legislative amendments needed to ensure full actualisation of the approvals granted.
“The committee will look at the administrative restructuring and legislative amendments required to ensure the full implementation of the recommendations.
“There are other aspects of recommendations that have also been passed to the committee to look at. It is important for us to appreciate the bold approval granted by the President at the FEC,” he said.
Idris noted that the implementation of the report meant that some agencies, commissions and departments of government have been scrapped, merged, subsumed and others moved under new ministries.
He stated: “This administration, under Tinubu, consistent again with his courage to take very far-reaching decisions in the interest of Nigerians, has taken a decision to implement the so-called Orosanye Report.
“What that means is that a number of agencies, commissions and some departments have actually been scrapped, some have been merged, while others have been subsumed. Others, of course, have also been moved from some ministries to others where the government feels they will operate better.” He assured, however, that the implementation does not mean that employees in the affected establishments would lose their jobs.
But one year after that resolution and assignment handed down, there has been no update on the status of the task given to the committee. Idris could not be reached for an update, and neither did he respond to a message to his WhatsApp contact concerning the matter.
Also, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, did not reply to a WhatsApp message sent to him at press time.
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