Govt to reduce ministries, agencies

In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . .
More indications have emerged that Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government in the country will soon be streamlined to boost efficient service delivery.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo dropped this hint on Wednesday at a round table on reforming public institutions to ensure competitiveness and accountability at the ongoing Nigeria Economic Summit.
He said several MDAs in the country have overlapping functions which has not been helpful in the governance process.
According to him, “At the moment, the MDAs are accused of unhealthy competition, and this claim has led to silly mentality that MDAs do not talk to each other enough.
“We found out that many MDAs are executing the same projects and programmes and sometimes achieving similar results without necessarily talking to each other at all.
“That we believe is a waste of resources. We must streamline the works of the ministries and be sure there is sufficient information going on among them and there is a clear part in line with policy direction of government.”
He added: “One of the bases of our zero budgets is that it takes into account this particular issue because everyone is working towards a particular policy direction and we are also very conscious of how much the institutions are going in complying with the policy.
“Also in civil service, we are putting mechanism in place to enhance service delivery. We are engaging the agencies into an atmosphere where everyone can make an input on what they think should be and not be done.”

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Former Prime Minister of Georgia Nika Gilaru said for the government to carry out effective reforms and move the country forward, it must be ready to take tough decisions and stand by such decisions.
He said that Georgia was in a more difficult position but had to make tough choices which turned around the fortunes of the country in about ten years.
Gilaru pointed out that through dramatic institutional reforms, the country successfully eradicated high level corruption and enthroned accountability in public institutions.
The former Georgian leader said: “This is the right time for the country to take the path of reforms and transformation.
“When there is significant economy downturn when you have lower oil price, it is the perfect time to take on reforms.”

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