The Federal Executive Council (FEC) chaired by President Bola Tinubu on Monday ordered the full implementation of the Steve Oronsaye report.
A former Head of Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye was appointed Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions, and Agencies by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011.
After a painstaking process, the committee submitted its report in 2012 that, among others, recommended the merging, subsuming, scrapping, and relocation of several agencies.
The 800-page Oronsaye report highlighted the existence of 541 Federal Government parastatals, commissions, and agencies, both statutory and non-statutory.
It recommended the reduction of statutory agencies from 263 to 161, scrapping 38 agencies, merging 52, and reverting 14 to departments in different ministries.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga shared a list of agencies, commissions and parastatals that would be affected by the implementation of the Oronsaye report.
AGENCIES TO BE SCRAPPED
- Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate to be scrapped and functions transferred to the Federal Ministry of Finance
- National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC) to be scrapped and functions transferred to the department of Basic and Secondary Education in
Federal Ministry of Education.
AGENCIES TO BE MERGED
- National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA) to be merged under the Centre for Disease Control in Federal Ministry of Health.
- National Emergency Agency (NEMA) to be merged with National Commission Refugee, Migration and Internally Displaced persons [NCFRMI].
- Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA) to be merged with Directorate of Technical Aid (DTAC) and to function as a department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC) to be merged with Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE).
- Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) to be merged with Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC).
- National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to be merged with National Centre for Agriculture Mechanization (NCAM) and
Project Development Institute (PRODA).
- National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) to be merged with National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB).
- National Institute for Leather Science Technology (NILEST) to be merged with National Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT).
- The Nomadic Education Commission (NEC) to be merged with National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult Education and Non Formal Education.
- Federal Radio Corporation (FRCN) to be merged with Voice of Nigeria (VON)
- The National Commission for Museums and Monuments to be merged with National gallery of Arts.
- The National Theatre to be merged with National Troupe of Nigeria.
- The National Metallurgical Development Centre (NMDC) to be merged with National Metallurgical Training Institute (NMTI).
- Nigerian Army University (NAUB)should be merged Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA)
- Airforce Institute of Technology (AFIT) should be merged Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA)
AGENCIES TO BE SUBSUMED
- Service Compact with all Nigerians (SERVICOM) to be subsumed to function as a department under Bureau for Public Service Reforms (BPSR).
- Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA) to be subsumed to function as a department under the National Boundary Commission (NBC).
- National Salaries, Income and Wages Commissioned (NSIWC) to be subsumed into Revenue Mobilization & Fiscal Allocation Commission (RMAFC).
- Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution to be subsumed under Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA)
- Public Complaints Commission (PCC) to be subsumed under National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
- Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis (NITR) to be subsumed into Institute of Veterinary Research (VOM).
- Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA) to be subsumed under the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development
(NIPRD).
- National Intelligence Agency Pension Commission to be subsumed under the administration of Nigerian Pension Commission (PenCom).
- The Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) to be subsumed as a department in the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy.
AGENCIES TO BE RELOCATED.
- Niger Delta Powerholding Company (NDHC) to be relocated to Ministry of power.
- National Agricultural Land Development Agency [NALDA] to be relocated to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
- National Blood Service Commission to be converted into an Agency and relocated to the Federal Ministry of Health
- Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) to be converted into an Agency and transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.