The Federal Government of Nigeria as part of its recent rationalization has decided to merge The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Commission are to be merged into a single entity.
The decision stemmed from a report by Stephen Oronsaye-led Presidential Committee on the Rationalization and Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan who approved that some agencies be either scrapped completely or merged with those performing similar functions.
The agencies to be scrapped completely include the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE); Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC); Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC); National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC); National Poverty Eradication programme (NAPEP); Utilities Charges Commission (UCC); the National Economic Intelligence Committee (NEIC) and the Public Complaints Commission (PCC).
Other agencies to be affected include: National Economic Intelligence Committee (NEIC), Public Complaints Commission (PCC) etc.
NEPC will merge with the Nigerian Investment Promotions Commission (NIPC), PCC is to merge with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),.
The functions of NAPEP are to be merged with the National directorate of Employment (NDE).
Civil servants on the staff of the UCC, which is to be scrapped, have been directed to be redeployed to the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.
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