Tag: Cost of governance

Cost of Governance: Disquiet over nearly 2, 600 aides for Akpabio, Abbas, lawmakers

Aminu Imam

…N12 billion spent on NASS appointees At a time Nigerians are demanding a reduction in the cost of governance to survive the current economic crisis members of the National Assembly, (NASS), may end up having more than 2, 563 legislative aides, barring any last-minute change. With the size of its membership, including aides, the National Assembly is one of the institutions that consume a large portion of the national budget yearly. However, the bloated number of aides comes with a high cost of public sector expenditure and impacts negatively on…

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High Cost of Governance: ‘Restructure Nigeria into six regions’ – Budget Office urges President Buhari

Aminu Imam

The Budget Office of the Federation has said restructuring Nigeria into six regions is pivotal to reducing the high cost of governance. It noted that the number of ministers also needs to be pruned and the number of political office holders and their aides reduced, lamenting that the huge recurrent expenditure had constrained the provision of good roads, steady power supply, health care services, quality education and quality shelter, etc. This, it said, had contributed to observable underperformance of the economy, slow growth and current infrastructural challenges. These recommendations were…

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