Tag: Oronsaye Report

‘Why FG is yet to implement Oronsaye Report’ Gbajabiamila

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Gbaja on Oronsaye

President Bola Tinubus Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, has revealed that there is no fixed schedule for putting the Stephen Oronsaye Report into action. The Report proposes streamlining government agencies to reduce operational costs by eliminating or consolidating certain bodies. Recall that in February, the President instructed that the Oronsaye report be fully executed to boost productivity in the federal service and minimise governance expenses. A 10-member committee was announced in March for the implementation of the Oronsaye Report. Gbajabiamila explained that the complexity of the process requires careful planning,…

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Akpabio seeks urgent implementation of Oronsaye Report

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Akpabio

Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has called for the immediate implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye Report, which proposed the scrapping of certain government agencies to reduce the burgeoning cost of governance. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had set up an 11-member committee to oversee the execution of the recommendations outlined in the Oronsaye Report. Addressing a dialogue on the cost of governance organized by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in Abuja on Monday, Akpabio said the overhead costs of appointive public officials and the salaries and allowances of…

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Oronsaye Report: Merging Army Varsity, Borno with NDA will help Boko Haram – Zulum

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Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, says scrapping the Nigerian Army University in the State will allow the Boko Haram terrorists to achieve their goals of killing education. Speaking to newsmen yesterday in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, Zulum appealed to President Bola Tinubu to rescind the decision to merge the army university with the Nigerian Defence Academy, (NDA). The merging of both universities is part of the recommendations contained in the Oronsaye Report that the federal government is about to implement as part of reforms to cut governance costs. Zulum…

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Tinubu directs implementation of Oronsaye report, 12yrs after

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To scrap, merge many govt. agencies President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the full implementation of  the Steve Oronsaye Report on Government’s restructuring,  in a move to cut the cost of governance, The decision comes  twelve years after the submission of the report and the issuance of a White Paper two years later. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed this to State House correspondents after yesterdays Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja. ? Also, in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser, Information and Strategy,…

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Cutting Cost of Governance:’Why Oronsaye Report remains elusive since 2012’

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Some concerned Nigerians have lamented that cutting Nigerias huge cost of governance in the face of dwindling economic fortunes may remain a mirage or at best, mere platitudes, going by feelers from the seat of power in Abuja and its corridors across the country, For some time now, there have been sustained campaigns from some stakeholders, comprised mostly of economists, financial analysts, stakeholders as well as public sector commentators, for cost-cutting measures in governance across the board. Recall that following unsuccessful attempts by successive administrations to reduce the number of…

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Oronsaye Report: FG set to scrap, merge agencies, inaugurates C’ttee on Implementation

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A decade after, the Federal Government appears set for full implementation of Stephen Oronsaye report on scrapping of some government agencies and merger of some others to reduce the cost of governance in the country. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has accordingly inaugurated two sub-committees to review the Main Report and White paper on restructuring and rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies and Commissions and review new agencies created after the submission of the Oronsaye report from 2014 to date. The two committees were given…

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