NIGERIAN SOUTH EAST STATES WAKE UP!!

Ignorance is a disease and lack of foresight is blindness of the heart.  ‘’See what South east politicians are rejecting because of greed’’ (The functions or responsibilities of the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation of Nigeria, OSGF)

i) Coordinating policy design and formulation by Ministries, Departments and Agencies for approval by Government;

ii) Serving as Secretary to the Council of State, the Federal Executive Council and other

Constitutional Councils, which are chaired by the President;

iii) Coordinating the activities of Ministries and Government Agencies on the implementation of Government decisions, policies and programmes

iv) Dealing with constitutional, political and socio-economic matters as may be referred to the Presidency;

v) Administrative Tribunals, Commissions and Panels of Enquiry; vi) Coordinating national security and public safety matters;

vii) National Honours Award

viii) Prerogative of Mercy

ix) Protocol Matters

x) Channeling of papers and directives of the President;

xi) Processing and granting Government approval for Overseas Tours, Intergovernmental Meetings/Conferences, medical check-up/treatment by Public Officers;

xii) Processing requests for Overseas Duty Tours/Conferences including medical check-up/treatment abroad for members of the Judiciary, Chairmen and Members of Statutory Commissions/Bodies for approval by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;

xiii) Coordinating the appointments to Headship of Statutory Bodies, Commissions and Agencies by the President;

xiv) Dealing with matters relating to conditions of service of political office holders;

xv) Intergovernmental Affairs and relations with State and Local Governments;

xvi) Liaison with Secretaries to State Governments;

xvii) Allocation of office accommodation to Political Office

Holders. So, if an individual is eminently placed to coordinate and handle all these, should he not be considered a very important and influential individual?

Also In discharging the aforementioned responsibilities, the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation is structured into the following Offices, each headed by a Permanent Secretary.  There are six of such offices:

*Cabinet Secretariat;

*General Services Office;

*Political Affairs Office;

*Economic Affairs Office;

*Special Services Office;

*Special Duties Office;

There is the supervisory roles that have also been lumped together in that office and the list is legion. The following Parastatals/Agencies are supervised by the Office of the SGF:

i) Ecological Fund

ii) National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP)

iii) National Economic Intelligence Committee

iv) Presidential Advisory Council

v) Code of Conduct Tribunal

vi) Code of Conduct Bureau

vii) Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency

viii) National Hospital

ix) Federal Road Safety Commission

x) National Commission for Refugees

xi) Nigerian National Volunteer Service (NNVS)

xii)Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)

xiii) South-South Health Care Programme

xiv) National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA)

xv) National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC)

xvi) Ministry of Special Duties

xvii) Secretariat of the Presidential Council (PAC)

xviii) Secretariat of the Presidential Committee on National Identification Systems, Consumer Credit and Outsourcing initiative

xix) Galaxy backbone

xx) NIMC

xxi) Christian Pilgrims Commission

xxii) National Hajj Commission

the SGF is imbued with enormous powers which naturally sets the tone and direction of any administration in a manner which should affect, positively, the lives of the people of the country but more specifically, the lives of the people of the zone from whence cometh the occupier of that office.

Rethink, enter the inner circles of governance and plan for 2015 elections.

 Udoh Essien Christopher --- Alas 2LATE2QUIT