APPRAISING THE VIABILITY OF ORANSAYE REPORT FOR REDUCING THE COST OF GOVERNANCE BY TINUBU’S ADMINISTRATION: MATTERS ARISING FROM PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Arising from the increasing costs of governance, Jonathan administration inaugurated 
Oransaye Committee in August 2011 to rationalize and restructure the ministries, 
departments and agencies (MDAs), commissions and agencies of government to bring 
down the governance costs in the country. The committee recommended the scrapping and 
merging of some agencies to bring down the costs of governance. Twelve years after 
Tinubu’s administration declared the government readiness to commence full 
implementation of Oransaye report as a measure to reduce the increasing costs of 
governance in Nigeria. Judging from the public opinion, Orosanye Report has attracted 
far more opponents than its proponents. It is based on this that the study seeks to appraise 
the viability of the implementation of Oransanye’s reports by the Tinubu’s administration. 
The study adopted a qualitative research method with the use of secondary sources of data 
and the data gathered were analyzed through content analysis. The study appraised the 
viability of Oransaye report for reducing the cost of governance by Tinubu administration 
and found that the average cost of governance in Nigeria is believed to rank among the 
highest in the world. The study observes that for the cost of governance to be brought down, 
all arms of government must make spirited efforts at reducing their running costs. The 
study therefore proffers some recommendations for the seamless implementation of the 
report for the realization of government objectives of reducing the governance costs in 
Nigeria.