All you need to know about Oronsanye’s Report⁣ ⁣

Below are things to know about the report:

1 Former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 set up the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies under the chairmanship of Stephen Oronsaye.

2) The Presidential Committee comprised of the following members—Stephen Oronsaye, Chairman; Japh CT Nwosu, Member; Rabiu D. Abubakar, Member; N. Salman Mann, Member; Hamza A. Tahir, Member; Adetunji Adesunkanmi, Member and Umar A. Mohammed, Member

3) The committee submitted an 800-page report on April 16, 2012, in which it uncovered a high level of competition among several overlapping agencies

4) This not only created ill feelings among government agencies, but also brought about unnecessary wastage in expenditure.

5) It also recommended, among other things, the discontinuation of government funding of professional bodies and councils to free funds for capital projects.

6) The Oronsaye report established that there are 541 Federal Government parastatals, commissions and agencies (statutory and non-statutory).

7) It proposed that 263 of the statutory agencies should be reduced to 161, while 38 agencies should be abolished and 52 should be merged

8)The panel also recommended that 14 of the agencies should revert to departments in ministries.

9) The government later set up a White Paper Drafting Committee headed by the then Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, SAN, to study the recommendations and to produce a White Paper on the report.