As I was saying the journey through the public service wilderness took me to the pre-national assembly forerunning too: Even before the inauguration
of the first session of the National Assembly in June 1999 of the first session of the National Assembly in June 1999, I had been covering the forerunners who prepared the way for the return of the most sensitive arm in a democracy: the National Assembly, Abuja: Let’s read my account to the retired federal Permanent Secretaries:
But let me do some executive summary of what I believe as the way some of us see the service today. And flowing from that will be what to do to salvage the system, which I must say is near collapse. Bureaucracies instinctively try to resist change even when change is inevitable. The public service we are here to deconstruct, consists of institutions and persons that enjoy wide latitudes of constitutional protection, inter and intra-institutional bonding, as well as social power.
Those who are hailing the new deal, Oronsaye panel’s report should note this context: size and scope of the state institutions within the construct of the state of the economy. Under the watch of their Councils, the Local Government tier of administration is virtually comatose. Most of their functions and funds are often times unlawfully hijacked by the State executives without as much as a whimper of protest from the Councils. When we consider that over 42% of our national revenues are allocated to State and Local Governments, it is obvious that they constitute veritable financial black holes.
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