President Bola Tinubu has approved that ministers of
state be given full powers to supervise the agencies under them, TheCable can
report.
Until now, files pertaining to departments and
agencies under their supervision were sent by their permanent secretaries to
the senior ministers.
With the new dispensation, ministers of state can now
grant all necessary administrative approvals on the governance process of these
agencies and departments.
According to a source in the office of the head of
service of the federation, “the president was not pleased with the prevailing
governing framework in which ministers of states were just ministers in name”.
This, Tinubu reportedly said, led to the
“underutilisation of the expertise and capabilities” of most ministers of
state.
“The president believes ministers of state should have
the right to make decisions and direct action within their areas of
responsibility,” the official added.
The source said the idea — first mooted by Hadiza Bala
Usman, special adviser to the president on policy coordination and head,
central delivery coordination unit — got an instant buy-in from the president.
With the new directive, the administration hopes “to
unleash” the potential of all the ministers, the source added.
Tinubu’s cabinet is made up of 48 ministers, but 16 of
them are junior.
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