Concept:This question tests knowledge of the main recommendations of Nigeria’s civil service reform panels.
Explanation:The Dotun Phillips Civil Service Review Panel was set up in
1985.
The panel recommended that the Minister or Commissioner should serve as the chief executive and accounting officer of a ministry.
Before this reform, the Permanent Secretary performed that role.
The panel also recommended that the post of Permanent Secretary should be politically neutral and renamed Director-General.
This restructuring was aimed at improving accountability in the civil service.
None of the other commissions, such as the Udoji or Adebo panels, made this specific recommendation about ministers as chief executives.
Therefore, the correct commission is the one headed by Dotun Phillips.
Answer:D. Dotun Phillips