Governor Muhammadu Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa state on Friday, June 26, said he received a report that recommended to reduce ministries from 17 to 13.
Ibrahim Hassan Hadeijia, the state’s deputy governor, briefed the press after submitting the report, saying the need for efficiency and maximisation of resources informed the decision to streamline the ministries, departments and agencies.
He said: “Before now, Jigawa had 100 ministries, departments and agencies. After studying the situation in the last three weeks and in line with current financial realities, we have decided to merge some ministries and departments.
“So, from 17 ministries we now have 13. From 88 agencies and departments, we now have 66.” 
“We are not going to retrench anybody but we will deploy some staff to areas where their services are most needed,” he added.
According to the deputy governor, they discovered that some ministries and agencies duplicated their functions while bloating the overhead of the state. He added that their overall objective was to make the civil service cost effective and efficient in the discharge of their activities.