By Adedapo Adesanya
** Ranks FIRS 10th, Nigeria Police 35th
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has ranked the Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMD) first out of the 36 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the federal government in its Overall EO1 Performance Results for January – December 2022 report.
“From the 2022 EO1 Compliance Report, the top 5 MDAs achieved an average score of 71.44 per cent on the efficiency and transparency matrix with the overall winner – Nigerian Content Development Management Board (NCDMB) achieving a score of 81.11%,” PEBEC said in the report.
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) ranked second and third, with a score of 78.68 per cent and 69.13 per cent, respectively, while the Nigerian Export and Import Bank (NEXIM) came fourth with 64.59 per cent, and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in fifth position with 63.68 per cent.
“MDAs’ EO1 overall performance is a combination of scores on the Efficiency and Transparency measures, weighted at 70% and 30% of the overall score, respectively.
“The EO1 efficiency of MDAs is measured by their compliance with their service delivery timelines and compliance with the Default Approval and One Government directives.
“The Transparency matrix tracks the existence and functionality of MDA websites, as well as the availability of detailed information on timelines, costs, statutory requirements, and customer service contact channels,” the assessment disclosed.
Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) ranked last (36) with 8.54 per cent; Nigeria Police Force (NPF) placed 35th with 11.6 per cent, while the Commercial and Trade Department (CTD) ranked 34 (12.10 per cent). The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) took the 20th position scoring 31.22 per cent, while Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) ranked 10th with a 58.72 per cent score.
The top-performing MDAs differentiate themselves by achieving a balanced performance on both the “Efficiency and Transparency” scales across the three cross-cutting directives of Transparency, Default Approval, and One Government.
The PEBEC was established in July 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari to remove bureaucratic constraints to doing business in Nigeria and make the country a progressively easier place to start and grow a business.
The Executive Order 001 (EO1) on the Promotion of Transparency and Efficiency in the Business Environment was issued on May 18, 2017.
EO1 gives full executive support for reforms intended to foster an environment conducive to business by entrenching policies and practices that encourage transparency and efficiency in public service delivery.
Modupe Gbadeyanka