By Emma Ujah
ABUJA — Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has pledged to fast-track the process that would lead to the passage of the pending reform bills.

Receiving the management team of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, led by its Director-General, Ms. Bolanle Onagoruwa, in his office on Tuesday, the SGF noted that government’s  intention to divest from public enterprises would be a mirage if the necessary legal and regulatory instruments were not put in place to provide comfort to stakeholders and investors.

He said the present administration was keen on the successful privatisation of enterprises in the country and that was why soon after assumption of office,”I demanded to know the bills that were pending for passage to aid privatisation and  I have discovered seven of them.”

According to him, the passage of the bills would lead to the setting up of bodies to regulate activities in the various sectors, stressing that privatisation cannot succeed   without regulatory bodies.

The pending bills include the Railway Bill; Road Reform Bill, National Transport Commission Bill, Postal Bill, Inland Waterways Bill, Ports and Harbour Bill and the Competition and Consumer Protection Bill.

While promising to assist the Bureau to succeed in   its mandate, he pledged to meet with   the management team from time to time to ensure the success of its mandate.  Earlier, Director-General of the BPE, Ms Bolanle Onagoruwa, had told the SGF that the visit was to congratulate him on his appointment and to sensitize him on the workings of the Bureau; given his role as the Chairman of the Policy and Monitoring Committee, PMC, of the National Council on Privatisation .