The Hon. Minister FCT-Abuja
Through:
The Chairman
FCT MDG Steering Committee
PROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FCTA-AREA
COUNCILS 2007CONDITIONAL GRANT SCHEME (CGS)
In 2007 the office of the Senior Special Assistance to the Mr. President
floated the Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) as a vehicle of intervention in
the Nigerian polity for the actualization of the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs). The scheme was designed to utilize the savings made from
the gains of debt relief granted to Nigeria by the Paris club and other
nation to which were indebted. States were to apply (for) themselves, or
in conjunction with local Government within their states, or on their behalf.
2.
The projects under the scheme are focused on activities that will
facilitate the actualization of MDGs. The FCTA – Area Council in 2007 was
among the 28 states that apply to the scheme. The application was for
construction project and health programmes with a total value of N2.99B.
the FCTA – Area Councils application was among the 18 successful
applicants; 3 construction projects and 3 health programmes were
approved for the FCTA – Area Councils at a total cost N1.71B.
3.
Approval was given in December 2007 and MOU signed. In the MOU
signed the FCTA – Area Councils were mandated to make provision for
counterpart fund. The FCTA and Area Councils jointly made provision of
30% counterpart fund. The bulk of the fund was used to scale up the 3
projects at the total cost of N374,997,567.74 the rest of the fund were
budgeted for the funding of the MDGs Project Support Unit (PSU) which is
also contained in the MOU signed.
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4.
The Hon. Minister appointed a nine man Task Team to oversee the
2007 CGS delivery. Also, at the Area Councils service secretariat an
Implementation Taskforce Committee was setup, while at the Area
council’s level there the third committee, the Implementation Committee
was set up.
ADVOCACY VISITS
5.
Upon inauguration of the Task Team, members undertook advocacy
visit to the six Area Councils. During these visits members held interactive
session with the council officials and community leaders as a sensitization
exercise. Also we receive staff from OSSAP who comes on advocacy visit to
the PSU.
6.
In furtherance to achieving the MDGs under the CGS Scheme and to
ensure best practices the Task Team has put in place different strategies
and mobilized various stakeholders towards successful execution of all the
approved projects/programs. Amongst which are;
 Robust accounting proceedure (Joint signatore to the MDGs
account with the Area Coincils; this is to ensure that MDGs
funds do not get into everyday account of the coucils)
 Geophysical survey of all drill sites using consultants
through the FCT Water Board
 Review of projects design and costing (from which
substantial savings was made)
Baseline Data Collections with Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)
7.
In order to provide a reliable statistical data for the evaluation of
impact and successful implementation of 2007CGS projects, a
comprehensive baseline data of all communities in the FCT using PRA is to
be conducted. The information generated from the survey will be published
on the web. Furthermore, the data to be generated will be based on the
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social, economic and infrastructural needs of the communities within the
FCT for the achievement of the MDG’s. To ensure success of the PRA the
Ministerial Task Team in collaboration with the SLGP is engaging the
services of some consultants to:
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Design a template
Develop a training manual
Train Personnel on the use of the template
Provide support for the field data collection
Analyses and document the result of the survey
The data generated shall provide a bench mark for Intervention,
Monitoring and Evaluation of FCTA developmental activities
Project Support Unit (PSU)
8.
The PSU office is temporally located within the premises of Junior
Secondary School Apo legislative Quarters. The project office is equipped
with project officers, computers and software, vehicles for monitoring of
project sites to ensure adherence to guidelines and specifications on
project execution. The Project Support Unit which is a condition for
accessing the CGS grant is expected to strengthen the Monitoring and
Evaluation mechanism which will brings about transparency and
accountability as well as enhancing service delivery in achieving the MDGs.
Project Implementation
9.
Project implementation is critical to the achievement of the MDG’s
under the Conditional Grant Scheme. To achieve this Ministerial Task Team
and Implementation Task Force have ensured that contractors handling the
different types of the projects have been mobilized to site in all the Area
Councils. The redesigned Primary School Toilets are different stages of
completion while the drilling of borehole has also begun in most benefitting
Communities of the FCT. Basic Hospital equipment has also been supplied;
for delivery to some of the benefiting communities.
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SOLAR
POWERED
BASIC
SCALING UP OF
SOLAR POWERED WATER SCHEME
HOSPITAL
INSECTICIDE
ROUTINE
TOILET FOR WATER SCHEME
FOR
EQUIP.
TREATED NETs IMMUNIZATION PRY SCHLS FOR PRY SCHLS COMMUNITY
S/NO AREA COUNCIL %completion %completion %completion %completion %completion
%completion
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ABAJI
100%
0%
50%
22%
15%
15%
2
MUNICIPAL
100%
0%
50%
42%
24%
28%
3
BWARI
100%
0%
50%
39%
35%
32
4
GWAGWALADA
100%
0%
50%
35%
22%
24%
5
KUJE
100%
0%
50%
32%
27%
28%
6
KWALI
100%
0%
50%
28%
43%
45%
TOTAL
100%
0%
50%
34.5%
27.6%
24%
As at Friday 02/05/2008
Please find attached monitoring update of the implementation progress from the Area Councils
Project Monitoring and Evaluation
10. In order to ensure the effective execution of the MDG’s CGS projects
a monitoring and Evaluation mechanism were put in place. This includes
the development of monitoring templates for all categories and types of
projects detailing.
 Stages involved in project execution
 What to look for at every stage
 Site Diaries for recording site progress reports
11. On the strength of this the monitoring teams visitsiting many of the
project sites and communities on a continous scheduke to:
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 To ascertain the level of mobilization to site of the contractors for the
projects.
 To ensure that all water project of site have been properly marked by
the Geophysical Survey team
 To assess the kind of service already provided to the communities
and recommend alternatives where necessary
 To access the quality health services delivery in the communities
 To acertain the level of contractor’s compliance with specifications in
project execution
12.
As part of the strategy to strengthen the Monitoring and
Evaluation mechanism the Ministerial Task Team and Implementation
Task Force have had several joint meetings to harmonize ideas and best
ways to address challenges in the implementation of 2007 CGS projects.
Web Site
13. To further underscore the Ministerial Task Team commitment to the
attainment of MDG’s a website has been designed to specifically
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Track down project sites:
Track down project implementation
Provide up to date baseline data on FCT Communities
And necessary information for the public
14. This transparency initiative is to provide unhindered access to
information as it relates to implementation of the FCT MDGs CGS projects.
The website address is www.mdgfctabuja.org
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Key challenges
15. There are key challenges to achieving the MDGs that must be
addressed and they include the following:
- Difficulties in accessing the some rural communities where a large
number of projects are sited
- Capacity off the Area Councils to handle the volume of projects to be
implemented; Resolved by requesting LEA technical unit in each Area
Council to give support
- Significant gap exist in baseline data. This can be addressed when
the Participatory Rural Appraisal Survey(PRA) is completed
- Sustainability of the completed projects. However this can be
addressed when communities are made to own-up the projects
within their communities
- Highlight of geophysical survey report as it affects locations for which
depth are above 60metres and those not recommended for drilling.
16.
Submitted for your information and consieration.
Ari Isa Muhammad
MDGs CGS Coordinator/Task Team Leader
15th April, 2008
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