PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has instructed for proposals to streamline government agencies to be presented to the Cabinet.
He told a monthly Finance Ministry assembly that the proposals followed the set up of a secretariat on Sept 3 last year to reduce overlapping functions of several agencies and to save public funds.
"I had assigned the then Treasury secretary-general Datuk Seri Asri Hamidon to give several proposals to streamline several agencies and present them to the Chief Secretary to the Government.
"I will decide after it has been presented to the Cabinet,” he said in his speech at the assembly here on Wednesday (Feb 12).
On Sept 3 last year, Anwar who is also the Finance Minister said that the government has established the Rationalisation of Federal Statutory Bodies secretariat to address the issue of overlapping functions and to save funds.
Following that, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar announced the appointment of Asri to lead the Special Committee for the Rationalisation of Federal Statutory Bodies effective Sept 10, 2024.
At the gathering, Anwar also launched the Federal Government Electronic Payment System (iPayment), developed by the Accountant General's Department (JANM) to drive digital transformation of the public sector towards a cashless community.
Also present were Finance Minister II Senator Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan as well as Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying, Shamsul Azri, Public Service Director-General Tan Sri Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz and Treasury Secretary-General Datuk Johan Mahmood Merican. - Bernama
