Politics Confab: Group Wants Federal Ministries Reduced to Ten

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Lagos — Lagos State chapter of Ikot Ekpene, Essien Udim and Obot Akara Development Union, IKEDOA, has advocated the reduction of federal ministries to ten, as part of efforts towards producing a workable document for Nigerians by delegates at the ongoing National Conference.

The group also recommended that states be made to remit 30 per cent of accruals to the federal purse and should also be allowed to control resources, rather than the blanket control currently being exercised by the Federal Government.

A communiqué by five of its executive members also recommended a parliamentary system of government with a bi-cameral legislative system comprising the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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Source: Vanguard newspaper
 
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