Agencies, commissions, parastatals to be scrapped, merged [Full List]

IDOMA VOICE reports that during Monday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, the Nigerian Government decided to eliminate certain federal government agencies, commissions, and parastatals.

The FEC also agreed to merge, absorb, and relocate some of these entities with the aim of reducing the overall cost of governance.

Agencies to be Scrapped:

1. Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD): Functions to be transferred to the Federal Ministry of Finance.

2. National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC): Functions to be transferred to the Department of Basic and Secondary Education in the Federal Ministry of Education.

Agencies to be Merged:

1. National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA): To be merged under the Centre for Disease Control in the Federal Ministry of Health.

2. National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA): To be merged with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI).

3. Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA): To be merged with the Directorate of Technical Aid (DTAC) and to function as a department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

4. Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC): To be merged with the Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE).

5. Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC): To be merged with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC).

6. National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI): To be merged with the National Centre for Agriculture Mechanization (NCAM) and the Project Development Institute (PRODA).

7. National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA): To be merged with the National Centre for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (NACGRAB).

8. National Institute for Leather Science Technology (NILEST): To be merged with the National Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT).

9. Nomadic Education Commission (NEC): To be merged with the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult Education, and Non-Formal Education.

10. Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN): To be merged with the Voice of Nigeria (VON).

11. National Commission for Museums and Monuments: To be merged with the National Gallery of Arts.

12. National Theatre: To be merged with the National Troupe of Nigeria.

13. National Metallurgical Development Centre (NMDC): To be merged with the National Metallurgical Training Institute (NMTI).

14. Nigerian Army University (NAUB): To be merged with the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).

15. Airforce Institute of Technology (AFIT): To be merged with the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).

Agencies to be Subsumed:

1. Service Compact with all Nigerians (SERVICOM): To function as a department under the Bureau for Public Service Reforms (BPSR).

2. Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA): To function as a department under the National Boundary Commission (NBC).

3. National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission (NSIWC): To be subsumed into the Revenue Mobilization & Fiscal Allocation Commission (RMAFC).

4. Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution: To be subsumed under the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA).

5. Public Complaints Commission (PCC): To be subsumed under the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

6. Nigerian Institute for Trypanosomiasis (NITR): To be subsumed into the Institute of Veterinary Research (VOM).

7. Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA): To be subsumed under the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD).

8. National Intelligence Agency Pension Commission: To be subsumed under the administration of the Nigerian Pension Commission (PenCom).

9. Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB): To be subsumed as a department in the Ministry of Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy.

Agencies to be Relocated:

1. Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDHC): To be relocated to the Ministry of Power.

2. National Agricultural Land Development Agency (NALDA): To be relocated to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security.

3. National Blood Service Commission: To be converted into an Agency and relocated to the Federal Ministry of Health.

4. Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM): To be converted into an Agency and transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.