The 43 ministers who will be sworn-in and their portfolios assigned to them tomorrow, August 21, will have their performances monitored by an evaluation monitory body to be constituted.This fact came to light today, August 20, as a two-day retreat came to an end at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The retreat was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari himself.
According to a statement by the special adviser to the President on media and publicity Femi Adesina, after their swearing in tomorrow, each minister will be given a mandate, based on the assigned ministry which will spell out priorities, deliverables and timelines.
“In addition, a robust monitoring and evaluation framework will also be put in place to track the implementation of all policies and programmes over the next four years.”
He said that President Buhari charged the incoming ministers to rise to the challenging responsibilities of ministerial office, adding among the issues tackled were cabinet processes and procedures, aligning government policies with the ideology, manifesto and campaign promises of the ruling party, budgeting, civil service reforms, public procurement, relationships between ministers and Permanent Secretaries and effective partnerships between executive, legislature vis-a-vis State governments.
He quoted the President to have reminded the ministers, in his closing remarks, about the challenges ahead of his government and advised them to work collaboratively and purposefully, and give their best to the task of delivering a more prosperous country for all Nigerians.
