Nigeria, March 4 -- Reps, Tinubu take different stand on Oronsaye Report

The House of Representatives and President Bola Tinubu may not be on the same page regarding the implementation of the Oronsaye report if the activities of the legislature last week are a guide.

President Tinubu had during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday ordered the implementation of the 12-year-old report

The report aims to reduce the number of agencies, parastatals, and commissions through mergers and scrapping. However, lawmakers are notorious for establishing MDAs.

Many of them wish to establish schools in their constituencies - often using the establishment of schools as campaign rhetorics. While the president set up a committee to impl...