The Federal Government has begun developing the successor Medium Term Strategic Plan 2017-2020 under the coordination of the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.
Mrs Fatima Mede, the permanent secretary of the ministry, said this at a workshop to validate the report of the Needs Assessment Study of the Statistical Planning Agencies of the State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) Project states.
The three SEEFOR states are Bayelsa, Delta and Edo.
Mede said that the Medium Term Strategic Plan was to guide the annual budget preparation process.
“This is expected to fully mainstream the interventions of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Change Agenda of the Federal Government.
“The commissioners and permanent secretaries responsible for Economic Planning and Head of Statistical agencies in the states should work closely with the ministry.
“You should also work with the ministry in actualising this important task of developing the successor medium term plan for the country,’’ she said.
She said that Nigeria had signed the SDGs, adding that the goals were consistent with national aspirations of achieving the SEEFOR project object and inclusive growth and sustainable development.
Mede said that the Federal Government alone could not achieve these goals as it required the collective efforts of the federal and states, including the SEEFOR project-beneficiary ones.
Earlier, Mr Tunde Lawal, Director, Macroeconomic Analysis in the ministry, said the workshop was aimed at strengthening the planning system in the country.
Lawal, who is also the National Project Coordinator for SEEFOR Project, said the workshop was designed to offer stakeholders the opportunity to harvest ideas, insights and perspectives.
He said the workshop would offer stakeholders the opportunity to harvest ideas on how to initiate policies that would strengthen the national statistical, information and planning system in the country.
