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The commencement of merger, relocation, and winding up of some Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), in line with the revised Steve Oronsaye Report, is unsettling many across the federal government bureaucracy.
After the review, as mandated by the President, The Guardian learnt some concerned departments and agencies have been issued official notices, raising the air of apprehension and uncertainty of the fate that awaits concerned workers in MDAs that are pencilled for scrap, relocation or merger.
A credible source yesterday informed that the implementation committee had, as of last week, informed some of the affected MDAs about its decision but some.
With the notices delivered, heads of affected agencies to be scrapped or merged went on intense lobbying of politicians and members of the National Assembly.
Recall that the Federal Government had on March 7 inaugurated the Akume-led committee with a 12-week deadline to submit its report on the planned merger and scrap of some MDAs.
Previous efforts by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan to implement the Steve Oronsaye Report ended at the National Assembly even after the administration had issued a White Paper on the Report to prune down bureaucracy in Nigeria.
The Report proposed to merge, scrap and relocate various government agencies as a pragmatic approach to addressing the bloated and ineffective duplicative nature of Nigeria’s bureaucracy and reduce the cost of governance.
The Director of Information in the Office of the Secretary to Government of the Federation (OSGF), Shegun Imohiesen, confirmed that the process of merging the MDAs was underway and would be announced soon but could not give details of the affected offices.
Peoplesmind