Fed Govt to launch APP for project monitoring

By Tajudeen Adebanjo

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba yesterday said the federal government is developing an app to monitor projects.

This, he said, was to bridge the trust gap between government and citizens.

According to him, a National Development plan that will involve all states of the federation and local governments is being worked on.

Speaking during the tour of the Lagos State facilities and ongoing projects in the state as part of the 2016 71 Resolution of the National Economic Council Strategy for States Economic Growth, the minister commended the Eko 360 data Warehousing and Analytical Platform which covers the T.H.E.M.E.S development agenda in the state.

He also said the platform would help in providing data in the area of business development, health, Agriculture, food security, education among other services.

The Minister of State, who also visited the  Lagos Revenue House, Ikeja bus terminal, Oba Ogunji section of the pen-cinema bridge on inspection tour which was coordinated by the Gbolahan Oki-led Lagos State Resilience Office, urged other state governments to emulate Lagos State in term of people-oriented projects.

The minister said: “We are working on a national development plan of which all the states and local government are involved in the exercise. Like you know the economic recovery plan 2017-2020 expires December this year. We are already developing a succession plan that will follow suit. Also, the Nigerian vision 2020 ends this year. We are also using that institutional arrangement to put in place a Nigerian Agenda 2030. Lagos is part of that plan. There is no Nigeria without the state and local governments.”

Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Sam Egube, said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu would use N1.15 trillion 2021 budget to drive employment and empower residents in the state.

Egube explained that the visit of the minister was to review some of the projects in the state.

Egube stated that the minister had earlier been intimated on the unified fibre ducts, saying there is a clear program that integrates Lagosians for skills transfer for local content and development of the people.