BUDGET MINISTRY: MDAs TO PUT UP SECTORAL STRATEGIC - CAP FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCES

BUDGET MINISTRY:  MDAs TO PUT UP SECTORAL STRATEGIC - CAP FOR OPTIMUM  PERFORMANCES 

Ogun State Ministry of Budget and Planning has challenged Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure due diligence in the preparation of 2021-2023 Medium Term Sectoral Strategy (MTSS) to drive their budget performance for the State.

Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr. Olaoluwa Olabimtan, stated this in Abeokuta, at a stakeholders’ training, organised for Directors of Planning, Research and Statistics of MDAs in the State, saying the era of incremental budget model would no longer be tenable, as government was committed to its modified zero-based budgeting model, which would be output-oriented and impactful on the people and the State as a whole.

According to him, ‘’stakeholders in MDAs should develop a road map that combines ambition and realism with clearly plotted priorities, deliverables and costs’’, explaining that the priorities with required costs and resources should reflect how proposed projects and programmes would deliver outputs, thereby contributing in achieving policy goals.

Olabimtan submitted that budget performance could only be predicated on output and result-oriented sectoral strategy, urging MDAs to ensure that monitoring and evaluation were incorporated while preparing MTSS.