Oronsaye Report: FG to Scrap NAPEP, Merge NAMA, NCAA and NIMET

The Federal Government has
released the white paper on
the report of the presidential
committee on restructuring and
rationalization of Federal
Government parastatals,
commissions and agencies,
rejecting most of the
recommendations in the Steve
Oronsaye report.

In the document released by the
office of the Attorney-General of
the Federation and Minister of
Justice, the Federal Government
rejected the recommendation to
merge NTA, FRCN and VON.
It also rejected the
recommendation to abolish the
Federal Character Commission;
privatization of FAAN; scrapping
of the Ministry of Police Affairs,
and re-introduction of tuition
fees in federal universities,
among others.

The accepted recommendations
include: scrapping of the Fiscal
Responsibility Commission;
repealing of the national salaries,
income and wages commission
law; scrapping of the National
Poverty Eradication Programme,
NAPEP; merger of Nigeria
Airways Management Authority
(NAMA), Nigeria Civil Aviation
Authority (NCAA) and the Nigeria
Meteorological Agency (NIMET);
and partial commercialization of
NIPOST.

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