High Cost of Governance

PAC members, had during a visit to the President on January 20, advised him to reduce the cost of governance by either merging or cutting down the number of MDAs.
The Danjuma group stated that this would enable the government to direct more spending on infrastructural development.

Danjuma, after the visit, told journalists that one of the suggestions made to Jonathan was “reducing the number of ministries and where there are functions they should be rationalised.
“We made a number of far- reaching recommendations to government to take remedial actions to correct all these problems. We realised that we are on the eve of elections and that there is going to be a transition, however we think also this is the right time we raise these issues.”

The President had welcomed the suggestions of the group and promised to continue working with the PAC members, whom he described as people of good character.

He had also said that a robust economy was crucial to the survival, growth and well-being of any nation, adding, “Issues of the economy are critical, since you can’t provide education, health or security without resources generated from a robust economy.”

Apart from PAC, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, had last December raised the alarm over the high cost of maintaining public officials.

He lamented that such a high cost made it difficult for government to invest in the critical sectors of the economy. Culled from the Punch 17/05/11
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If you pay a man 100,000naira and delivers value of 500,000naira will there be a need to request for a reduction in Salary? The answer is NO. If all the ministers whether 43 or 37 are creative, resourceful and innovative perhaps we will not be requesting for a reduction in ministers but asking for more.

We want a Minister of ideas, creativity and innovation. We want a Minister for project follow through. We want a Minister for waste management. We want a minister for accountability.

Yes this are the ministers and ministries we need right now. We need people who can bake cake. we have had enough of people who come to cut and share the national cake.

Note: where they come from do not matter.