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Oronsaye report:FG merges NAMA,NCAA,NIMET


Oronsaye report: FG merges NAMA, NCAA, NiMET

Punch online 7/4/14

   
The Federal Government has approved the merger of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency in its bid to restructure commissions and agencies.

The government also approved the scrapping of the National Poverty Eradication Programme and the Fiscal Responsibility Commission.

These are some of the highlights of the White Paper issued by government on the report of the Steve Oronsaye-led Presidential Committee on. Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and agencies.

A copy of the 105-page document dated March 2014 was made available to State House correspondents on Monday.

According to the document, the three agencies in the aviation sector will fuse into a new body to be known as the Federal Civil Aviation Authority and their respective enabling laws would be amended accordingly to reflect the merger.

Another highlight of the White Paper is government’s rejection of the committee’s recommendation for the merger of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Independent and Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission and the Code of Conduct Bureau.

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