By Mohammed Abubakar Dutse
Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa state on Tuesday signed a new Executive Order as part of his administration’s efforts at fast tracking the socioeconomic development and enhancing transparency in the services delivery in the state.
Besides, the governor led his political appointees and other senior operatives of his administration in signing performance bonds commiting them to delivering first class service across all the ministries, departments and agencies, (MDAs)
Tagged Executive Order 6, the document is meant to establish a Results Delivery and Performance Management Coordination Unit under the Office of the Governor.
In a speech at the signing ceremony of the Order, Governor Umar Namadi said the Unit would be charged with the responsibility of coordinating and managing a Performance Measurement Tracking System to ensure effective delivery of results.
Some of the functions of the Unit as specified in the Executive Order, according to the governor, would include: monitoring the delivery of results covered in the Performance Bond to be assessed based on the quarterly scorecard and annual reviews, developing and managing a comprehensive performance tracking system with Key Performance Indicators, Real-time Dashboard, and periodic spot checks to validate results, Periodic review of the result and performance frameworks to sort out cross-cutting and delivery mandate issues to ensure appropriate accountability for results across and between MDAs.
“Beyond establishing the Unit, the primary purpose of the Executive Order is to provide a framework for ensuring accountability for results delivery by Heads of all Delivery MDAs.
“Accordingly, the Order has provided that all respective and concerned Executive Heads of MDAs – particularly the commissioners, will sign a Performance Bond committing them to deliver on the set targets/results by working to their best of their ability to deliver within the specified timeline and to be held responsible for any unjustified failure in that respect.
“The Order has further provided that: for effective monitoring and delivery of results covered in the Performance Bond, a performance measurement system based on quarterly and annual assessment will be instituted.each Head of MDAs will constitute a Delivery Task Team to collaborate with the Unit in carrying out internal monitoring and evaluating progress of the MDA’s deliverables as provided in the Performance Bond.
“Providing accurate and timely data to be fed into the Performance Management Information System to support the production of quarterly and annual scorecards based on which performance would be measured to inform appropriate decisions.
He described the document as a journey of the government “to achieve our shared vision of a Greater Jigawa State – where the socioeconomic wellbeing of all our citizens, both the present and future generation, is sustainably guaranteed, a prosperous, peaceful, and secured state.
“Both myself and all members of the State Executive Council as well as other Heads of Government Agencies share a commitment to deliver on our respective mandates”.
Making allusion to his inaugural speech to the citizens of the state in May last year the governor said, “we hold the mandate for us to steer the affairs of Jigawa state as sacred trust entrusted to us to deliver in a responsive and accountable manner.
“We see the mandate as sacrosanct and a compact between the government and the governed for which we all stand obligated to deliver.
“A very important step towards upholding and delivering on our commitments as reflected in the 12-Point Agenda and the Inaugural speech declarations is to institute a framework that would constantly keep us on track and to be able to assess performance and to hold ourselves accountable.
“It is precisely for these reasons that all the various commitments we have made have been converted into result framework with specific performance indicators set to be achieved by the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies across government.”
The governor acknowledged the fact that the initial implementation of the Order could be fraught with challenges but pleaded with the implementing agencies not to discouraged.
He also allayed the fears of the operatives, saying the aim of the institutionalization of the Result Delivery and Performance Measurement Tracking System was to ensure that all campaign promises made to the people of the state are effectively delivered.
His words, “A Journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. While there may probably be some challenges in the initial process of institutionalizing the Result Delivery and Performance Measurement Tracking System based on signed performance bonds, t is my firm belief that we will eventually get it right. Let there be no apprehension as long as we all work assiduously and conscientiously to deliver results.
“Gradually, we would aim to achieve a convergence between the Performance Bond Measurement with sector-wide Annual Sector Performance Reviews of the State Comprehensive Development Framework and Medium-term Sector Strategies.
“This is more so as both the 12-Point Agenda and the Inaugural Speech Declarations have been effectively integrated into State Development Plan, which will be published soon.’
In their comments during the signing of the bonds the representatives of Civil Society and donor partners including UNICEF, Save Children International, FCDO among others promised give technical and financial support in promoting public accountability and transparency for achieving the results.
They also described the signing of the performance bond as a testimony of solidify commitment of the governor in delivering Jigawa state to promising land.
In his remarks, the Secretary to State Government Alhaji Bala Ibrahim said, signing the bonds means promised to deliver the expected results through innovative and robust approach in public service, while the concept of monitoring, evaluation, rewards and punishment will be upholds at all levels.
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