The Ahmed Joda-led
transition committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked
President Muhammadu Buhari to prune the number of federal ministries
from 28 to 19.
In its report seen by TheCable, the advisory committee recommended that
Buhari should have only 19 senior ministers, while 17 ministers of state
should be appointed, bringing the total to 36 in fulfillment of the
constitutional requirement of one minister per state.
Previous governments, starting from 1999, appointed 42 ministers —
picking one from each of the six geo-political zones in addition to one
from each of the 36 states of the federation.
Under former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, there were 28
senior ministers and 14 ministers of state. Three of the ministries
were directly under presidency.
The issue of small government has dominated public debate, with the new
governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, reducing the number of
ministries from 19 to 13 upon inauguration.
Buhari has promised to reduce the cost of governance.
The Joda transition committee submitted its report to Buhari on June 12,
but the details, which the president is expected to evaluate before
taking his initial key steps, are yet to be made public.
TheCable can report that under the Joda proposals, only nine ministries
will not be affected in the pruning exercise: (1) industry, trade and
investment (2) education (3) defence (4) FCT (5) finance (6) labour and
productivity (7) justice (8) foreign affairs and (9) national planning.
The report posited: “There is no direct relationship between the number
of ministries and efficacy of service delivery. The US with a population
of 316 million and with GDP of $17,328 trillion (30 times Nigeria’s
GDP) has 15 ministries. India has 24 ministries, while the UK has 17.
“The current structure of the FGN with 28 ministries and 542 agencies
(50 of which have no enabling laws) [results in] very high cost of
governance. The portfolios of ministries are not responsive to all the
major critical national challenges such as family and child affairs;
religious affairs; vulnerable and elderly group affairs as well as the
North-eastern crisis.
“[There is an] apparent conflict between the desire of reducing the cost
of governance through cabinet downsize and the constitutional
requirement of a cabinet-level ministerial appointment from each of the
36 states of the federation.”
Read more at: http://www.thecable.ng
Read more at: http://www.thecable.ng
The Ahmed Joda-led
transition committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked
President Muhammadu Buhari to prune the number of federal ministries
from 28 to 19.
In its report seen by TheCable, the advisory committee recommended that
Buhari should have only 19 senior ministers, while 17 ministers of state
should be appointed, bringing the total to 36 in fulfillment of the
constitutional requirement of one minister per state.
Previous governments, starting from 1999, appointed 42 ministers —
picking one from each of the six geo-political zones in addition to one
from each of the 36 states of the federation.
Under former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, there were 28
senior ministers and 14 ministers of state. Three of the ministries
were directly under presidency.
The issue of small government has dominated public debate, with the new
governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, reducing the number of
ministries from 19 to 13 upon inauguration.
Buhari has promised to reduce the cost of governance.
The Joda transition committee submitted its report to Buhari on June 12,
but the details, which the president is expected to evaluate before
taking his initial key steps, are yet to be made public.
TheCable can report that under the Joda proposals, only nine ministries
will not be affected in the pruning exercise: (1) industry, trade and
investment (2) education (3) defence (4) FCT (5) finance (6) labour and
productivity (7) justice (8) foreign affairs and (9) national planning.
The report posited: “There is no direct relationship between the number
of ministries and efficacy of service delivery. The US with a population
of 316 million and with GDP of $17,328 trillion (30 times Nigeria’s
GDP) has 15 ministries. India has 24 ministries, while the UK has 17.
“The current structure of the FGN with 28 ministries and 542 agencies
(50 of which have no enabling laws) [results in] very high cost of
governance. The portfolios of ministries are not responsive to all the
major critical national challenges such as family and child affairs;
religious affairs; vulnerable and elderly group affairs as well as the
North-eastern crisis.
“[There is an] apparent conflict between the desire of reducing the cost
of governance through cabinet downsize and the constitutional
requirement of a cabinet-level ministerial appointment from each of the
36 states of the federation.”
Read more at: http://www.thecable.ng
Read more at: http://www.thecable.ng
In its report seen by TheCable, the advisory committee recommended that Buhari should have only 19 senior ministers, while 17 ministers of state should be appointed, bringing the total to 36 in fulfillment of the constitutional requirement of one minister per state.
Previous governments, starting from 1999, appointed 42 ministers — picking one from each of the six geo-political zones in addition to one from each of the 36 states of the federation. Under former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, there were 28 senior ministers and 14 ministers of state.
Three of the ministries were directly under presidency. The issue of small government has dominated public debate, with the new governor of Kaduna state, Nasir el-Rufai, reducing the number of ministries from 19 to 13 upon inauguration. Buhari has promised to reduce the cost of governance. The Joda transition committee submitted its report to Buhari on June 12, but the details, which the president is expected to evaluate before taking his initial key steps, are yet to be made public.
The Cable can report that under the Joda proposals, only nine ministries will not be affected in the pruning exercise: (1) industry, trade and investment (2) education (3) defence (4) FCT (5) finance (6) labour and productivity (7) justice (8) foreign affairs and (9) national planning. The report posited: “There is no direct relationship between the number of ministries and efficacy of service delivery. The US with a population of 316 million and with GDP of $17,328 trillion (30 times Nigeria’s GDP) has 15 ministries. India has 24 ministries, while the UK has 17.
“The current structure of the FGN with 28 ministries and 542 agencies (50 of which have no enabling laws) [results in] very high cost of governance. The portfolios of ministries are not responsive to all the major critical national challenges such as family and child affairs; religious affairs; vulnerable and elderly group affairs as well as the North-eastern crisis.
“[There is an] apparent conflict between the desire of reducing the cost of governance through cabinet downsize and the constitutional requirement of a cabinet-level ministerial appointment from each of the 36 states of the federation.”
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