The Nigerian government has approved a plan to restructure several government agencies, in what is viewed as a much-anticipated cost-of- governance reduction measure.
The decision was made at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu on Monday and followed recommendations from a 2012 report.
The 800-page report from a government-appointed committee recommended the scrapping or merger of some 263 of 541 government agencies and parastatals.
Nigeria’s Information Minister Mohammed Idris told local press that the plan would see more than 20 agencies be merged, subsumed under existing ministries, or relocated.
President Tinubu already has set up a committee with the mandate to execute the fusions, scrapings, and relocations within 12 weeks.
—Ezinwanne Onwuka reports for TruthNigeria from Abuja.
