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The Federal Government has inaugurated the Committee on the implementation and review of reports and White Papers on the Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, and Commissions also known as the Steve Oronsaye Report.
The committee inaugurated on Thursday will be headed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume.
Speaking, Akume who inaugurated the committee on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, said the Oronsaye report was aimed at reducing cost of governance and streamlining efficiency.
A statement by the Director, Information, Office of the SGF, Segun Imohiosen, said Tinubu gave the committee a 12-week deadline to submit its report.
The statement reads: “The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Sen. George Akume, CON, while inaugurating the Committee on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu stressed that the implementation of the White Papers on the report which would involve the merger, relocation, subsuming or scrapping of some Parastatals, Agencies, and Commissions is aimed at reducing cost of governance and streamlining efficiency across the governance value chain,” the statement read.
“President Tinubu’s approval for the implementation of the Oronsaye report comes twelve years after the panel submitted its report and multiple attempts were made at implementing its recommendations.”
He listed members of the committee to include:
SEN. GEORGE AKUME, FNIM, CON – Secretary to the Government of the Federation
LATEEF OLASUNKANMI FAGBEMI, SAN – Attorney General of the Federation/ Minister of Justice
SEN. ABUBAKAR ATIKU BAGUDU, CON – Minister of Budget & Economic Planning
DR. FOLASHADE YEMI-ESAN, CFR – Head of the Civil Service of the Federation
USMAN HADIZA BALA – Special Adviser to the President, Policy & Coordination