President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly accepted the transition committee’s recommendation to reduce the number of ministries from 42 to 19.
The decision allegedly comes following three weeks of consultations with political leaders both inside and outside Nigeria, Vanguard reports.
The committee had previously recommended the move because “portfolios of ministries are not responsive to all the major critical national challenges.”
By slashing some and merging of some other ministries, Buhari plans to save cost and make the remaining departments more effective and responsive to the needs of Nigerians.
Presidency source also disclosed that the number of the federal government agencies had been trimmed in line with the policy of the administration. According to is, no fewer than 50 of the MDAs that were not backed by relevant laws might be scrapped and their staff moved into relevant departments to save cost.
“But the point being made is that relevant MDAs that will exist under the present administration must be those backed by laws. What that means is that the era of doing things the wrong way to please certain persons in positions of power is over.”
The source said that the Ministry of Aviation and relevant agencies would be subsumed with Inland Waterways; the Ministry of Agriculture – with the Ministry of Water Resources; the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission would be merged with the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission.
Some ministries will be run by senior ministers while the others will be managed by junior ministers to save cost, it was mentioned.
President Buhari is believed to announce some key appointments next week. He attributed the delay to the late receipt of the report from Goodluck Jonathan’s committee. The APC leader further explained that he needed time to carefully study the document in order to chose the best candidates for the positions.
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