In a move to reduce the cost of governance, the Senate hinted last week of plans to merge over 700 agencies the upper legislative chamber described as redundant and drain pipes on the treasury. The Senate said that after the merger of the moribund agencies, vibrant ones would be created to drive the machinery of government and meet the yearnings of the people.
After the debate on the 9th Senate Legislative Agenda Report, the chairman of the National Assembly, who is also the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, declared that hundreds of federal agencies which do not add value to the people would be scrapped. Lawan said that the present economic realities in the country demand that the redundant agencies be scrapped to save funds. This newspaper commend the move by the Senate as we observe that there are many agencies of government duplicating duties which does not agur well for the country's finances.
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