The Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, said the 2025 budget for State House agencies will be based on a needs assessment.
Gbajabiamila made this known while speaking with journalists
on Wednesday in Abuja, following a one-day fact-finding tour of some government
agencies under the supervision of the State House.
According to him, this was to ensure that funding allocated
to agencies was based on actual requirements.
“In any country in the world, resources are limited. For us,
it is about prioritising. Where are we so far? What have the agencies done? How
have they measured up to their mandates and how important are their mandates in
terms of the vision of this administration and the Renewed Hope Agenda?
“A lot of agencies are not properly funded. Do we merge some
of these agencies, or do we scrap some? I’m not talking about the State House
agencies. In 2025, we are not going to budget in a vacuum. We will budget based
on needs assessment,” he said.
Earlier, in separate interactions with heads and staff of
the agencies, the Chief of Staff pledged that the Presidency would ensure
better welfare and working conditions for staff within the agencies under the
supervision of the State House.
He urged the staff of these agencies to embrace innovation,
excellence, and professionalism while supporting their chief executives to
succeed.
Gbajabiamila also emphasised the importance of transparency
in the procurement process, which is critical to upholding the administration’s
commitment to good governance and accountability.
Gbajabiamila visited the Nigeria Agriculture and Land
Development Agency, NALDA, Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, Bureau of Public
Enterprises, BPE, Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, NAEC, and the National
Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI.
He was accompanied by Senator Ibrahim Hadeija, Deputy Chief
of Staff; Olufunso Adebiyi, Permanent Secretary, State House; and Mrs Oyinade
Nathan-Marsh, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Administration and
Operations (Office of the Chief of Staff).
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