The Permanent Secretaries, led by the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Folashade Omolara Yemi-Esan on Thursday met Tinubu at the Presidential Villa.
The body of serving Federal Permanent Secretaries met with President Bola Tinubu last Thursday and gave the recommendation to implement the Steven Oronsaye report, SaharaReporters has learnt.
The Permanent Secretaries, led by the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Folashade Omolara Yemi-Esan on Thursday met Tinubu at the Presidential Villa.
During her presentation at the meeting, the Head of Service informed the president that it was the collective recommendation of the Permanent Secretaries that the Oronsaye report “be implemented in full; hook, line, and sinker.”
Meanwhile, at the meeting with Tinubu, the permanent secretaries explained that the Oronsaye report would usher in professionalism, cut the cost of governance, and ensure efficient and effective service delivery to the citiizenry.
In his response to the remarks of the Head of Service, the President said he had.noted the recommendation and asked the Head of Service whether the recommendation was a collective decision of the body of Perm. Secs, to which she answered “YES.”
The President also put the same question to the body of Permanent Secretaries, to which they answered in the affirnative. The President there and then requested the Chief of Staff, Rt Hon. Femi Gbajabiamiala and the Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, who were in attendance at the meeting to take note of the unanimous recommendation of the Federal Permanent Secretaries.
“The fact that adopting the Orasanye Report was tabled before the Federal Executive Council within a week of meeting with the Perm. Secs means that President Tinubu has taken the advice of the highest body of civil servants in the country seriously.
“This is further demonstrated by the decision of President Tinubu to meet with the Perm. Secs. quarterly. He also requested the Head of Service to brief him after every meeting of the Body of Permanent Secretaries, which is being held monthly,” a source added.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan had established the presidential committee on government agency reform in 2011, which was chaired by Steven Oronsaye, the Federation’s former Head of Service.
Its terms of reference had included among other things, reviewing the enabling Acts and mandates of all federal agencies, parastatals, and commissions to identify areas of overlap or duplication of functions.
The committee had recommended reducing 263 statutory agencies to 161, abolishing 38, merging 52, and reverting 14 to departments in ministries. However, a white paper committee led by the-Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mohammed Adoke rejected the majority of the recommendations.
In 2021, the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated two committees to implement the report. One of the committees, headed by a former Head of Service, Bukar Aji, was mandated to review the Oronsaye Report and the government white paper. The other committee, chaired by Amal Pepple, was mandated to review MDAs created between 2014 and 2021.
Affirming President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to implement the report In a press statement issued by Onanuga on Monday evening, he listed no fewer than 14 agencies and commissions that were affected by this directive.
According to the statement, the National Salaries, Income and wages Commission is to be subsumed under Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission.
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