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SPARC Kaduna and KDSG visit Jigawa State
A team of 5 from SPARC Kaduna and the Kaduna State Government visited Jigawa State from the 5th to the 6th of July 2010. The team included the Director, Bureau for Public Service Reform (BPSR), Permanent Secretary, Bureau for Establishment & Training (BEMST), Director, Final Accounts and Computer Services, Ministry of Finance, SPARC Kaduna State Team Leader, and SPARC Kaduna Senior Technical Coordination Manager.
The team made a courtesy call to the Head of Service, Jigawa State, who addressed them on the ongoing reforms in Jigawa State. A point of discussion was the Jigawa State Salaries and Pension, how it was reformed and the savings it brought the State. The Head of Service disclosed to the delegation that "the Jigawa State Government has saved more than 4 billion Naira in three years through a due process initiative applied to contract awards in the state" (The Guardian Newspaper, July 7, 2010). After the courtesy call, the team had a meeting with the Special Adviser, Salaries, Pension and Economic Matters, and Permanent Secretary, Salaries and Pension Directorate. Adhering to due process, the Jigawa State pension scheme now has 11 billion Naira in its account (The Guardian Newspaper, July 7, 2010).
On the 2nd day, the team visited the salaries center where they inspected how the software is used and had some discussions with the system administrator and some staff at the center. From the salaries center, the team made a visit to the Permanent Secretary, Directorate of Budget and Economic Planning, Director General Due Process, and IFMIS Center, where processes and experiences were shared and questions entertained.
At the end of the visit, the Kaduna team expressed their gratitude on the good reception accorded to them by the Jigawa State officials. In addition, the team expressed their interest in applying the lesson they learnt, from Jigawa State, in their own state.
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The SPARC Kaduna and KDSG Team in Jigawa State |
Workshop on MTSS programming and costing for Lagos State Government MDAs.
SPARC has been providing technical support to the Lagos State Government to improve its medium term planning process and to strengthen its annual budget process. Accordingly, MTSS has been one of the focal areas of support. On this note, SPARC Lagos facilitated a 4 day workshop which began on 18th of June and ended on the 21st June, 2010 at Eko Tourist Beach Resort, Akodo.
The Workshop was conducted for 10 sector ministries and 2 central ministries (Ministries of Economic Planning & Budget and Finance) in Lagos State Government to convert the existing MTSS (Medium Term Sector Strategy) documents into program budget structure and used the 2010 approved budget estimates to populate (or retro-fix) the templates (Program Based Budget). The purpose of this workshop was to prepare the participants for the actual costing of 2011 MTSS documents using the Program Based Budget (PBB) format starting July 2010.
During the workshop, participants from each of the 10 sector ministries reviewed the classification of common services and core services programs which have been limited to a maximum of 12 programs for each sector ministry for 2011 (see the results of the review in the table below). After the review and adoption of each of ten sector ministries’ programs, the participants were required to use the 2010 budget to populate the templates by line items and by programs. The participants also reviewed the MTSS programming and costing guidelines developed by the MEPB with the support of the SPARC Lagos.
Some of the participants at the Workshop with Patrick Okonji (PFM Lead Consultant)
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Function/Sector Ministry |
Number of Programs Adopted |
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1 |
Justice |
12 |
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2 |
Women Affairs & Poverty Alleviation |
8 |
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3 |
Physical Planning |
10 |
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4 |
Transport |
9 |
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5 |
Health |
11 |
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6 |
Environment |
10 |
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7 |
Works & Infrastructure |
11 |
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8 |
Youth & Sports |
8 |
Kaduna State Government launches its Change Programme during Civil Service Week.
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The Kaduna State Government 2010 civil service week celebrations began on the 21st of June with a number of key note speeches, including by H.E. The Governor and the Head of Service. Both His Excellency and the Head of Service used this opportunity to reflect on the importance of Change Programme governance reforms, particularly in helping strengthen the results orientation of the service. His Excellency highlighted how a recent Change Programme High Level retreat was being used to ensure reforms stay on course and presented to the audience a pamphlet describing the Change Programme (see image); encouraging civil servants to get involved and find out more. The full brochure can be downloaded from the SPARC documents library. |
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