Full List of MDAs to be Affected by Oronsaye Report

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

On Monday, February 26, 2024, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye Report about 12 years it was submitted by the former Head of Civil Service.

The information has continued to generate reactions from various quarters, with some saying it is just a diversionary tactic employed by the government of President Bola Tinubu to shift attention away from the current economic hardship in the country.

The report recommended the trimming of the federal government’s ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to cut the cost of governance, especially because some of them have duplicity of functions.

The implementation of the report, released in 2012, will see the merger, scrapping, and relocation of some MDAs.

Below is the full list of all the affected MDAs.

Agencies to be merged

    National Agency for Control of HIV/AIDS (NACA) to be merged with the Centre for Disease Control in the Federal Ministry of Health.

    National Emergency Management Agency to be merged with the National Commission for Refugee Migration and Internally Displaced Persons

    The Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa is to be merged with the Directorate of Technical Aid and to function as a department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

    Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission to be merged with the Bureau for Public Enterprises;

    Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission to be merged with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council;

    National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure to be merged with the National Centre for Agriculture Mechanization and Project Development Institute.

    The National Biotechnology Development Agency to be merged with the National Centre for Genetic Resource and Biotechnology

    National Institute for Leather Science Technology to be merged with the National Institute for Chemical Technology

    The Nomadic Education Commission merged with the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult Education and Non-formal Education.

    The Federal Radio Corporation to be merged with the Voice of Nigeria

    The National Commission for Museum and Monuments is to be merged with the National Gallery of Arts

    The National Theatre to be merged with the National Troupe of Nigeria

    The National Metrological Development Centre is to be merged with the National Metrological Training Institute.

    The Nigerian Army University, Biu, is to be merged with the Nigerian Defence Academy, to function as a faculty within the Nigerian Defence Academy;

    Air Force Institute of Technology is also to be merged with the Nigerian Defence Academy, to function as a faculty of the Nigerian Defence Academy.

     Agencies To Be Incorporated

    The Service Compact with Nigeria (SERVICOM) to be subsumed to function as a department under the Bureau for Public Service Reform

    The Border Communities Development Agency is to be subsumed to function as a department under the National Boundary Commission.

    The National Salaries Income and Wages Commission is to be subsumed into the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Allocation Commission.

    The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution to be subsumed under the Institute for International Affairs;

    The Public Complaints Commission is to be subsumed under the National Human Rights Commission

    The Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis to be subsumed into the Institute for Veterinary Research

    The National Medicine Development Agency is to be subsumed under the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development.

    The National Intelligence Agency Pension Commission is to be subsumed under the Nigerian Pension Commission.

    National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) to be subsumed into the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy

Agencies to be Scrapped

    The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate is to be scrapped and its function transferred to the Federal Ministry of Finance

    National Senior Secondary School Education Commission (NSSEC) to be scrapped and functions transferred to the Department of Basic and Secondary Education in the Federal Ministry of Education.

 Agencies To Be relocated

    The Niger Delta Power Holding Company to be relocated to the Ministry of Power

    The National Agricultural Land Development Agency is to be relocated to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security

    The National Blood Service Commission is to be converted into an agency and relocated to the Federal Ministry of Health

    The Nigerian Diaspora Commission is to be converted into an agency and to be relocated to the Federal Ministry of Finance.