Ex-Kano Gov., Shekarau Laments Cost Of Governance, Asks Tinubu To Cut Down Number Of Fed. Lawmakers 

Former Governor of Kano state and senator representing Kano Central, Ibrahim Shekarau has decried Nigeria’s high cost of governance. 

Shekarau, who who was on  Channels Television Politics Today on Wednesday,  asked President Bola Tinubu to reduce the cost of governance by cutting down the number of federal lawmakers.  

The former Governor also said that cutting the number of parastatals would affect the number of oversight assignments, reducing the burden at the centre.

He said:

“Then you’ll discover that the legislative arm will also have to be downsized because if there isn’t much to do at the centre, you don’t need all of this sea of hundreds of people really to do oversight assignments.

“I have been subscribing to the idea of devolution of powers. The Federal Government should really cut its own costs by devolving a lot of these responsibilities down the line, to the states and to the local governments.

“Unfortunately, we’ve not had leadership that has the courage. There was the Oronsaye report during Jonathan’s time, which has yet to be implemented.

“Former President Goodluck Jonathan did not implement it;  former President Muhammadu Buhari did not implement it.

“The moment you create a parastatal, you’re already talking of board members, chief executive, directors, departments, and the overhead cost of running all these agencies add quite a lot to the expenses of running the government.”