(http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/coat-of-arms2.gif) Towards achieving the objective of job creation for the teeming unemployed Nigerian youths, the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity Dr. Clement Illoh, has inaugurated the committee on monitoring and evaluation in the Ministry of Labour and Productivity to track performance management, transparency, increased productivity as well as service delivery in the Ministry.
Dr. Illoh, during the inauguration of the committee, affirmed that "What cannot be monitored or measured is not worthwhile, therefore the need to build a system of monitoring in other to track the level of performance as well as challenges and solutions became very compelling and that is why the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee is being inaugurated today".
Speaking further, the Permanent Secretary revealed that M&E provides information for accountability and monitoring framework to track the programmes and projects of Ministries, Departments and Agencies. He said, "The purpose of monitoring and evaluation frame work in conducting government business today is to improve the availability, quality and dissemination of governance performance information for accountability and policy improvement, the M&E is a strategy developed to establish a system for tracking the progress and performance of MDA's programmes and projects", Dr. Illoh stressed.
Dr. Illoh added that the essence of M&E is not to punish but to make sure that projects and programmes work out according to plan. He urged members of the committee to see their appointment as an opportunity to contribute to national development.
In his remarks, the Director (M&E), National Planning Commission, Dr. Zakari expressed his appreciation of the management of the Ministry for being committed to effective monitoring and evaluation framework which is aimed at supporting the implementation of the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan and achieving the objective of job creation. "You need a very strong political will in any organization for M&E to succeed, and I am very glad that such type of leadership exist in Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity; otherwise what we are witnessing today would not have happened, thanks to the Permanent Secretary for his able leadership at ensuring that we have effective Monitoring and Evaluation framework to support the implementation of the transformation agenda of the present administration and achieving the objective of job creation which is dear to Mr. President".
The seventeen men committee which has the responsibilities for tracking performance in the Ministry has its members drawn from within the Ministry and its Agencies with Mr. Zacchaeus Atte, Director, Planning Analysis Research and Statistics as chairman.
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