President Bola Tinubu has approved that ministers of state be given full powers to supervise the agencies under them, TheCable reports.
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.
TheCable quoting a source in the office of the head of service
of the federation reports that, “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.
Ministries with ministers of state are: agriculture and food
security, defence, education, FCT, foreign affairs, health, petroleum (oil),
petroleum (gas), humanitarian and poverty reduction, and women affairs.
Others are: works, regional development, labour and
employment, finance, trade and investment, and housing and urban development.
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