President Bola Tinubu has granted full oversight responsibilities to of State over agencies under them
Tinubu who approved the the responsibilities at the last FEC Meeting gave full powers to supervise the agencies under them, the cable reported.
They ministers including Minister of State for Defence Dr. Bello Matawalle, Water Resources and Sanitation, Minister of State for Agriculture among others will henceforth enjoy full oversight responsibilities over such agencies.
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.
A source in the office of the head of service of the federation said, “the president was not pleased with the prevailing governing framework in which ministers of states were just ministers in name”.
Tinubu said, this led to the “under-utilisation 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.
