Federal government of Nigeria has inaugurated a Presidential Committee on the Review of Number and Strategy for Resourcing Nigeria’s Diplomatic Missions Worldwide.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Presidential Committee was inaugurated on Tuesday with the responsibility to determine the current number, categories of Nigeria’s Diplomatic Missions; subject matter desks worldwide and categorize their strategic importance and impact worldwide and make appropriate recommendations.
Other responsibilities of the committee include: “Identify and categorize the revenue generation capacity of missions, performance in this regard, causes and level of indebtedness;
“Review the understanding and application of critical extant policies, guidelines, circulars, codes, regulations, financial management systems, statutes, etc across Nigeria’s Missions with a view to minimizing bottlenecks, misapplication and curbing infractions;
“Review all previous reports on the establishment of Missions and measures taken to effectively and economically manage Nigeria’s Mission, identify challenges and make appropriate recommendations on sustainable steps to be taken as well as identifying reasons why the measures were not effective;
“Review factors promoting or hindering inter-Agency collaboration, cohesion and effective service delivery at Nigeria’s Mission and desks and make appropriate recommendation.
“Review Human Resources Management Systems and practices in Nigeria’s Foreign Service and make appropriate recommendations on how to improve it in a sustainable manner.
“Identify cost-cutting measures and all other steps that need to be taken to drastically reduce the cost of running Nigeria’s Foreign Missions;
“Review all assets of Nigeria’s Foreign Missions with a view to document and assess their viability as well as give recommendations for sustainability.
“Review any other matter and make any other recommendation(s) that would be beneficial to the Foreign Service of Nigeria in a sustainable manner.”
Members of the committee are:
Ambassador Martin Uhomoibi, Retired Permanent Secretary – Chairman
Alhaji Sabiu Zakari, Retired Permanent Secretary – Vice Chairman
Shehu Ibrahim, mni, Permanent Secretary – Ecological Project Office – Member
Beatrice Edodamen Jedy-Agba, mni, Permanent Secretary and Solicitor General of the Federation, Federal Ministry of Justice – Member
Ambassador Bulus Lolo, Retired Permanent Secretary – Member
Alh. Saheed K. Y. Adelakun, Retired Permanent Secretary – Member
Ambassador Janet Olisa, Director (PRS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Member
Representative of Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning – Member
Representative of the Auditor-General for the Federation – Member
Representative of the Accountant General of the Federation – Member
Representative of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation – Member
Representative of the Foreign Service Advisory Council – Member
Representative of the Federal Civil Service Commission – Member
Representative of National Intelligence Agency- Member
Iliyasu Agaka, Director (AFHS/SP) – Secretary
“You are expected to report on regular basis to this Office for onward transmission to Mr. President,” Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha said during the inauguration of the committee.
