FEC approves implementation of Orosanye report

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has given the go-ahead for implementing aspects of the 2012 Stephen Oromsaye Report.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this after the council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.

He said it was done in a bold move and consistent with the president’s courage to do what is right for Nigeria and reduce the cost of governance.

The minister said the implementation of the report does not mean that some agencies, commissions and departments of government have been scrapped, merged, and subsumed and others moved under new ministries.

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He explained: “In a very bold move today, this administration, under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, consistent again with his courage to take very far-reaching decisions in the interest of Nigerians, has taken a decision to implement the so-called Orosanye Report.

“Now, what that means is that a number of agencies, commissions, and some departments have actually been scrapped, some have been merged, while others have been subsumed. Others, of course, have also been moved from some ministries to others where the government feels they will operate better.

“Like I said, this is a very far-reaching decision. It is aimed, one, to fine-tune or to restructure government operations as a whole. Secondly, it’s in line also with decision of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reduce the cost of governance.”

Idris assured that the implementation does not mean that people in the affected establishments will lose their jobs.

Details to come later…