FG receives white paper committee report on restructuring, rationalisation of parastatals

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Gida Mustapha

The Federal Government on Thursday received the report of the White Paper drafting committee on the restructuring and rationalisation of Federal Government parastatals, agencies and commissions (PACS).

Secretary to the Goverment of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha received the report from Engr. Ebele Okeke-led Committee that was constituted to draft a White Paper on the Amal Pepple Committee report on new Parastatals, Agencies and Commissions created between 2012 and 2021 after the Steve Oronsaye report on restructuring and rationalisation of Federal Government parastatals, agencies and commissions.

He expressed the Federal Government’s commitment to repositioning the Public Service for effective service delivery in the country.

Mustapha noted that the high cost of governance, in Nigeria and revenue challenges being experienced in the midst of competing for societal demands, are of serious concern to the
Federal Government.

While pledging to ensure that the recommendations of the committee are implemented, SGF said all that is necessary would be done to ensure that no sector is neglected.

“We cannot continue doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result as long as we spend over 70% of our total annual revenue to servicing parastatals’ personnel costs and overheads leaving just a meagre sum of less than 30% for capital projects.

“The desire to restructure the public service in order to ensure efficiency was further illustrated recently by Mr President when he interacted with the Association of Senior Civil Servants last week, where he assured of the Government commitment to the improvement of the condition of the service.

“You will also recall various efforts of the Government in addressing the structural issues within the MDAs with the setting up of the following committees Bukar Goni Aji, Committee to review the Mohammed Adoke White Paper on the Steve Orosanye Report on Restructuring and Rationalization of Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies and Commission; Ms Amal Pepple, Committee to review new Parastatals, Agencies and Commissions created between 2012 to October 2021; and the Engr. Ebele Okeke, Committee to Draft a White Paper on the Amal Pepple Committee Report on new Parastatals, Agencies and Commissions created between 2012 and 2021,” he said.

Ebele Okeke in her presentation said in carrying out the assignment, the White Paper Drafting Committee considered the current economic challenges and the requirement for the requirement for Government to utilize resources more efficiently in order to reduce the cost of governance.

She added that there was the need to develop diverse sources of revenue for the Government as well as encourage some Agencies of Government to be self-funding as well as build strong institutions to guarantee service delivery to the populace and the imperative to grow the economy, create employment and stay on the critical path to achieve development objectives.

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