Ceremonial bloat of provincial governors

Nepal cannot afford the luxury of seven ceremonial posts costing taxpayers hundreds of millions annually.

It has been eight years and two general elections since Nepal took its first step as a federal republic. Over these years, public debates on federalism have largely revolved around provincial boundaries, ethnic lines, distribution of powers and the performance of provincial governments. Far less attention has been paid to a set of offices that exist in every province, consume public resources and yet contribute almost nothing to provinces’ governance—the provincial governors.