Bloated Federal Agencies Add N1.13tn as Bureaucracy Swells
Fourteen years after the landmark Stephen Oronsaye Committee recommended a sweeping cull of federal parastatals, the Nigerian government has effectively abandoned its promises of administrative austerity. Official spending figures reveal that newly created ministries, departments, and agencies have added at least N1.13 trillion to the federal budget in 2026 alone. Rather than reducing the cost…