Restructuring: NAPEP, BPE, others to go – See list of retained and scrapped agencies By Wale Odunsi on July 2, 2013 President Goodluck Jonathan Following several deliberations, the White Paper Committee set up by the Federal Government on the restructuring of Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies has reached its final decision. The approval of the White Paper Committee, headed by President Goodluck Jonathan, was sequel to the recommendation of another committee headed by a former Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye. The committee was inaugurated in 2011 to restructure and rationalise Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies of the government, in order to cut down their running cost. A list obtained by DailyPost shows that the Committed has approved the scrap of Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, National Poverty Eradication Programme, NAPEP and others. It however retained a number of Agencies. The functions of NAPEP, which is believed to have made meaningful impact, will be merged with National Directorate of Employment, NDE. The White Paper was submitted on June 11, while the Federal Executive Council reached a conclusion on June 26. Below is the new status of the Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies of the Federal Government based on FEC approval. S/N PARASTATALS, COMMISSIONS & AGENCIES TO BE RETAINEDPARASTATALS, COMMISSIONS & AGENCIES TO BE SCRAPPED 1 Code of Conduct Bureau 2 Council of State 3 Federal Character Commission 4 Federal Civil Service Commission 5 Federal Judicial Service Commission 6 Independent National Electoral Commission 7 National Defence Council 8 National Economic Council 9 National Judicial Council 10 National Population Commission 11 National Security Council 12 Nigeria Police Council 13 Police Service Commission – The Government directs that the law establishing Police Service Commission be amended to make Hon. Minister of Police Affairs to head the Commission. 14 Revenue Mobilisation Allocation & Fiscal Commission: RMAFC is already empowered by the Constitution to carry out the function of Fiscal Responsibility Commission Fiscal Responsibility Commission:Government approves the abolition of Fiscal Responsibility Commission. Attorney General and Minister of Justice directed to initiate necessary action for the abolition of the Commission 15 Bureau of Public Procurement 16 Central Bank of Nigeria 17 Code of Conduct Tribunal 18 Economic & Financial Crimes Commission & Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to be consolidated into one anti-corruption agency: The Government has approved the merger and has directed the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to initiate necessary action in respect of the proposed merger 19 Infrastructure Concessionary & Regulatory Commission (ICRC) 20 Bureau of Public Enterprises: The Government has directed that a “Sunset Clause” should be introduced to the BPE to conclude its assignment and wound down 21 National Pension Commission (PENCOM): The Government has directed that the withdrawal of the Military from the Contributory Pension Scheme be reversed 22 Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC): The Government has directed that the NIPC currently domiciled in The Presidency be relocated to the Ministry of Trade and Investment and merged with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council to synergise for management and utilisation of resources Nigerian Export Promotion Council 23 National Human Rights Commission (NHRC): The NHRC is a to take over from the Public Complaints Commission Public Complaints Commission (PCC): The Government has directed the PCC be merged with the Human Rights Commission, which has the capacity to perform the functions of the PCC. It further directed that the PCC Act to be removed from the Constitution by amending Sections 153 and 315 24 National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC): The NSIWC is to be abolished and its law repealed while its functions are to be transferred to Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) 25 Ministry of Special Duties: The responsibility of the Ministry will continue to be determined by the President 26 National Sports Commission 27 National Institute for Sports 28 Nigeria Football Federation/Nigeria Football Association:
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 08:34:29 +0000
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