Tinubu inaugurates implementation committee on Oronsaye report

President Bola Tinubu has inaugurated an 11-member committee to implement the approved recommendations of the Oronsaye report on the restructuring and rationalisation of government parastatals, agencies, and commissions.

Sen. George Akume, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, represented the President at the inauguration.

According to a statement by Mr. Segun Imohiosen, Director of Information in the SGF office, on Thursday in Abuja, Akume was a member of the committee.

Other members are Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi; Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu; Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan; and Hadiza Bala-Usman, Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination.

The rest include Dr Dasuki Arabi, Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reform;

Sen. Abdullahi Abubakar-Gumel, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate); and Ibrahim Olarenwaju,

Senior Special Assistant to the President on the National Assembly (House of Representatives).

Also on the committee are Hakeem Muri-Okunola, Principal Secretary to the President, and Richard P. Pheelangwa, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office.

Tinubu explained that the implementation of the White Paper on the report would involve the merger, relocation, subsumption, or scrapping of some of the parastatals, agencies, and commissions.

He said that the exercise was meant to reduce the cost of governance and streamline efficiency across the governance value chain.

Tinubu said the committee would review the current mandates of the affected parastatals, agencies, and commissions to understand their existing functions, responsibilities, and objectives.

The committee would also “identify redundancies, overlaps, or conflicting objectives among the mandates of different organisational units.

“Other guidelines are to define strategic objectives to ensure the revised mandates align with the strategic objectives and priorities of the government.

“Engage key stakeholders and gather input and feedback on the proposed revisions to the mandates, among others.”

Approval for the implementation of the Oronsaye report is coming 12 years after the panel submitted its report and multiple attempts were made at implementing its recommendations.

The committee has 12 weeks within which to submit its report.