The Kwara State Government has
pruned the ministries in the state civil service to 16, down from the 19
ministries inherited from the past administration, saying the measure was to
cut cost and strengthen efficiency in service delivery to the people.
The State’s Commissioner for
Agriculture and Rural Development Harriet Afolabi-Oshatimehin, told a news
briefing Wednesday, that the state executive council ratified the merger of
some ministries and creation of one other at its maiden meeting held just
before the budget presentation by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
Afolabi-Oshatimehin was joined at
the briefing by her colleagues from Health Ministry Dr Raji Razaq and Tertiary
Education Mrs Sa’adatu Modibbo-Kawu.
“Today, 18th Dec., 2019, the
inaugural council meeting of the state executive council took place. Council
deliberated on the proposed 2020 appropriation bill. It was adopted for His
Excellency’s presentation at the Kwara State House of Assembly. The second
thing that was deliberated upon was the restructuring (merger) of some
ministries and the creation of a new ministry,” Afolabi-Oshatimehin told
reporters.
She said the old Ministry of
Culture and Tourism has been collapsed into the Ministry of Information and
Communications to form a wholesome Ministry of Communications, while the
Ministry of Industry and Solid Mineral and the one of Commerce and Cooperative
have been merged to become Ministry of Enterprise.
“The old Ministry of Planning and
Economic Development and Ministry of Finance are now Ministry of Finance and
Planning, while the former Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has been
collapsed into the Ministry of Works and Transport,” she added.
Afolabi-Oshatimehin said the
council also ratified the creation of the new Ministry of Special Duties.
“The old Ministry of Environment
and Forestry is now known simply as Ministry of Environment, while the Ministry
of Women Affairs and Social Development is now to be known as Ministry of
Social Development,” she added, commending the Governor for walking his talk on
women inclusion in governance.
She said the Ministries of
Agriculture and Rural Development, Justice, Energy, Water Resources, Education
and Human Capital Development, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Sports
and Youths Development, Health, and Tertiary Education remain as they were
before the new administration.
“What we are trying to do here is
to ensure efficient service delivery and judicious allocation of resources to
ensure that at the end of the day we are able to improve the welfare of
Kwarans. Now how do we go about this? Council agreed on the need to cut cost
because a lot has to be done with limited resources,” she said.
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