[Nigeria] President concerned about ‘bloated’ civil service payroll

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has expressed his concern about the country’s bloated civil service payroll at the national and sub-national levels, National Daily reports.

The comments came at a State House meeting with the Vice President of Oracle, earlier this month, on using cutting-edge technology for e-governance and prudent financial management.

The President said, “Each time they give me the payroll number, I get so frightened. Where am I going to get the capital to develop the infrastructure we desperately require if the payroll of 1 per cent - 2 per cent of the population is consuming all the revenue? I think we need a tight technological control that can check and balance all necessary control points of our transaction processes. I’m looking forward to working with Oracle because I have the belief and confidence that you can do it as you have in the past.”

The Global Vice President of Oracle reportedly proposed a comprehensive digital transformation of work processes at the federal level of administration, in his remarks, in order to achieve greater macro-economic visibility; streamline government processes for cost and time savings and provide the desired skills development opportunities for Nigerians.

“You have shown tremendous practical leadership throughout your career, Mr. President. We have partnered with you and we know how determined you are to achieve all that you set out to achieve. This is why we are offering Nigeria a free national diagnostic of the present situation in the public service with a view to dimensioning across sectors the scale of solution required. We look forward to partnering with you again,” he said.

Source: National Daily

(Quotes via original reporting) 

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has expressed his concern about the country’s bloated civil service payroll at the national and sub-national levels, National Daily reports.

The comments came at a State House meeting with the Vice President of Oracle, earlier this month, on using cutting-edge technology for e-governance and prudent financial management.

The President said, “Each time they give me the payroll number, I get so frightened. Where am I going to get the capital to develop the infrastructure we desperately require if the payroll of 1 per cent - 2 per cent of the population is consuming all the revenue? I think we need a tight technological control that can check and balance all necessary control points of our transaction processes. I’m looking forward to working with Oracle because I have the belief and confidence that you can do it as you have in the past.”

The Global Vice President of Oracle reportedly proposed a comprehensive digital transformation of work processes at the federal level of administration, in his remarks, in order to achieve greater macro-economic visibility; streamline government processes for cost and time savings and provide the desired skills development opportunities for Nigerians.

“You have shown tremendous practical leadership throughout your career, Mr. President. We have partnered with you and we know how determined you are to achieve all that you set out to achieve. This is why we are offering Nigeria a free national diagnostic of the present situation in the public service with a view to dimensioning across sectors the scale of solution required. We look forward to partnering with you again,” he said.

Source: National Daily

(Quotes via original reporting)