The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, says the government’s bureaucratic policy process is retrogressive and has resulted in setbacks in achieving successes.
He said that since bureaucratic processes are supposed to help keep everyone on track, they are often too cumbersome by emphasising procedures and policies rather than efficiency.
He added that the systems and processes that are put in place effectively make decision-making slow.
The former governorship aspirant, who made the statement in Asaba, Delta State, while reacting to Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo’s criticism of the Nigerian Immigration Service’s (NIS) for requiring married women to travel to Abuja for a simple change of name on their passports, commended the minister for noticing such an absurd bureaucratic process.
He wondered what would warrant a married woman, who resides in Asaba, Delta State, for instance, to travel all the way to Abuja to amend a change of name in her international passport when it can easily be rectified in the Nigeria Immigration Office, Asaba, or online.
According to the PDP chieftain, “One could imagine the stress, time, and financial burden it would take such a woman to travel from Asaba to Abuja just to amend her name on her passport, which can be done in Asaba or online in the comfort of her home.
“These bureaucratic bottlenecks are not only experienced in the Nigeria Immigration Service; they are experienced all over Nigerian ministries and even in some corporate organisations.
“The consequences of delay caused by such bureaucratic bottlenecks are socio-economically enormous for the nation and its citizens.
“It is responsible for duplication of processes, encourages corruption in the polity, and slows down the process of development.
“For instance, one needs to process biometrics to obtain a driver’s licence, NIN, voter card, and BVN, among others, whereas biometrics in NIN alone are enough to cover all the above-mentioned processes.
“We should reduce this bureaucratic process of delay in making things happen.”
He urged other ministers, heads of government agencies, and corporate organisations to emulate the proposed policy of the Interior Minister of processing international passports online to save Nigerians from inconveniences and bureaucratic bottlenecks.
“Activities globally have gone online. We can do registration, processing of documents, and other official transactions online without carrying papers from one office to the other.
“By so doing, corruption will be reduced through personal contact with the polity; there will be urgent facilitation of business transactions; and we will achieve our goals with the utmost urgency,” he stated.
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