By Ibrahim Abdullahi
Kano State Ministry of Health has constituted a nine member Committee saddled with the responsibility of preparing a budget for a better performance.
Inaugurating the Committee, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf, said the move was aimed at avoiding a repeat copy and paste exercises over the years.
As according to him what obtained was just a recurrent decimal.
Dr. Labaran reasoned that that was why the Ministry deems it pertinent to sit up r and map out strategies in order to have focus and aims and objectives in every fiscal year on what really needs to be achieved in its budget so as to start planning from the beginning of each year.
The Commissioner emphasized tit would also assist the development partners to understand the planned activities the state has on health for the whole year in its budget with a view to diversifying their funds in doing other meaningful activities instead of duplicating the already planned and budgeted projects.
He charged members of the Committee to work industriously to justify the confidence reposed on them by turning around the planning and budgeting of the Ministry to a robust and realistic one by doing all their possible best to ensure the ends justify the means
The terms of reference of the Committee include promoting the collaboration by both departments with regards to Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) activities by coordinating joint monitoring and evaluation activities, facilitating quarterly monitoring visits to agencies so as to help the Ministry gets releases of approved funds.
Others are facilitating the development of Annual Operational Plan (AOP) Performance Reports which highlights the impact of budget expenditure and demonstrate the improved capacity of the Ministry to efficiently utilize funding allocations as well as facilitating the dissemination of Annual Performance Reports to key internal and external stakeholders including the Ministry of Planning and Budget and State House of Assembly,
The Committee has Director Planning, Research and Statistics, Muhammad Murtala Abubakar, as Chairman, while the AOP Focal Person, Nasir Tafida will serve as Secretary.
Members are Director Admin and General Services, Shehu Sani Shehu, Deputy Director Planning and Budget, Tijjani Abubakar Kilishi, and Officer in charge of Monitoring and Evaluation Unit of the Ministry, Aminu Aliyu El-Yakub.
Others are Health Finance Focal Person, Auwalu Bello Shehu, Deputy Director Accounts, Muhammad Mustapha Nayaya, Head Expenditure Control, Shuaibu Abdullahi and Head of Salaries and Wages, Muhammad Sani Bello
