National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Magtanggol Gatdula said on Saturday the chiefs and personnel of the six abolished divisions of the bureau would be transferred to other divisions or the soon-to-be created Death Investigation Division and Environmental Division.

“They will all be utilized and we want that all bureau officials and personnel to become performing individuals,” he said.

Gatdula earlier abolished six divisions of the bureau citing redundancy in functions as reason.

The NBI director ordered the abolition of the Special Action Unit (SAU), Special Task Force (STF), Field Operations Division (FOD), Intelligence Special Operations Division (ISOD), Background Investigation Division (BID), and the Anti-Kidnapping, Hijacking and Armed Robbery Division (AKHARD).

The order states that the BID, FOD and ISOD shall be transferred to the Counter Intelligence Division, which is under lawyer Max Salvador; AKHARD to the Anti-Organized Crime Division headed by lawyer Mar Panganiban.

The SAU and STF will be transferred to the National Capital Region (NCR) under Regional Director Edward Villarta.

The administrative orders (AOs) noted that the transfer of the functions of the abolished offices will allow greater coordination, more effective investigation and more efficient administration that will maximize available manpower and resources.

“The chiefs are directed to conduct an inventory of pending cases, equipment and other accountabilities of their respective command for the proper turnover of the same to the Office of the Deputy Director for Intelligence Services (ODDIS),” read the memo.

Gatdula also directed the chiefs, executive officers, agents, special investigators and support staff of the abolished offices to report to the ODDIS for further instructions.

“This order repeals and supersedes all previous administrative orders, and shall take effect immediately for strict compliance,” the memo said.

In his administrative order dated July 28, 2010, Gatdula said the abolition was “consistent with the authority to streamline our bureaucracy and reorganize the administrative structure of the bureau to eliminate redundancy, overlaps, and duplications of functions to achieve economy, efficiency and simplicity.”