A. Jerome Udoji
B. Simeon Adebo
C. S.J Cookey
D. Dotun Phillips
Correct Answer:
Option D – Dotun Phillips
Explanation
The designation of ministers as chief executives and accounting officers was recommended by a commission headed by Dotun Phillips.
The structure of the civil service as contained in that of General Ibrahim Babangida (Rtd.) is hereby shown below as recommended by the Dotun Philips Civil Service Review Panel of 1985.
”The Minister/Commissioner was the Chief executive and accounting officer rather than the Permanent Secretary as it had hitherto existed ” The post of the Permanent Secretary was politicised and called Director-General.
