(http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Labaran-and-Usman-300x224.jpg) The Minister of National Planning, Shamsudeen Usman has identified effective understanding of the objectives of Nigeria's Vision 20:2020 as support to instituting strategic planning in Nigeria in the period of May 2011 to June 2013. He further said that the strategic planning framework of the country is anchored on Nigeria's Vision (NV) 20: 2020, which is targeted at terminal developments across the 2nd National Implementation Plan (NIP) from 2014 – 2017, the 3rd NIP from 2018 – 2020 and the Transformation Agenda from 2011-2015. In his presentation entitled: "State of the Nigerian Economy" at the ongoing 2013 Ministerial Platform which held at the National Press Centre, Radio House, Abuja on June 24, 2013, the Minister itemized his achievements as comprising policy research and advice to national and sub-national governments; formulation and coordination of national development plans; monitoring and evaluation of policies, programmes and projects including development aid and technical assistance; coordination and production of official statistics and managing the national statistical system. Other areas with improvement which he mentioned are: capacity development for efficient and effective utilization of resources as well as the generation of credible knowledge for national development. "The Ministry has coordinated effective development and implementation of the Transformation Agenda and Nigeria's Vision 20:2020 through project monitoring and evaluation. Average growth for 2011 and 2012 in the capital market is marked by quarterly job survey/mapping and sectoral reforms with the NV 20:2020 on course"; he said.(http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Usman1.jpg) (http://fmi.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Usman1.jpg) The Minister further explained that the Ministry has implemented major reform initiatives and outcomes with strategic planning processes at the federal, sub-national levels and MDAs, saying, conducting needs' assessment of states' planning and statistical agencies for enhanced service delivery has encouraged MDAs and the State Governments to develop the culture of strategic planning. On the establishment of performance management systems and contracting, he said, this is aimed at providing measurement criteria for ministerial and individual officers' performance in respect of their expected achievable targets. He mentioned that the development of key performance indicators for tracking the service delivery of Ministries, Departments and Agencies; development of performance agreements for Ministers and key government officials; reform of data generating processes by the National Bureau of Statistics have encouraged the establishment of States' Statistical Bureaux; and engagement in States' GDP computation programmes. Shamsudeen further said that "A Development Assistance Database (DAD) is currently being managed at the National Planning Commission. The first annual NISER national policy dialogue on socio-economic development was held on 28th – 29th November 2012 in Abuja and February 12, 2013 in Ibadan. An enhanced capacity building programme for officials was staged through bi-lateral agreements; timely productions of regular statistical series, foreign trade news quarterly and annually reviews have been embarked upon." While speaking on reports regarding unemployment and national literacy survey, the Planning Minister indicated that analysis of the consumption pattern in Nigeria has been strengthened through the ICT infrastructure provided for the National Bureau of Statistics. He further stated that capacity development and staff training for efficient and effective utilization of resources are ways adopted for strengthening of the link between planning and budgeting to enhance budget outcomes and economic performance in 2013. Shamsudeen Usman reiterated that facilitating improved economic management at the sub-national level has placed the Commission as the secretariat for monthly National Economic Council meetings and noted that it provided support for water resources projects; the projects under the Technical Education Trust Fund; deepened the performance management system in the country and coordinated the implementation of the thirty years National Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan (NIIMP)," he said. Print PDF
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