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Alhaji Ibrahim Dauda Guri.(Permanent Secretary)

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INTRODUCTTION/POWERS:-
Basically to oversee the affairs of the Local Government Councils with a view to ensuring that they perform their constitutional functions, efficiently and effectively. Equally, the Ministry ensures the co-ordination as well as the implementation of State Government Policies as they affect Local Government Councils.

VISION:- Ensure Social, Economic and Rural Transformation in the near future.

MISSION:- To have in place a well co-coordinated and viable system of Local Government based on a democratic culture of transparency, probity accountability and efficient management of resources.

Finance and Administration

• Responsible for the general administration of the Ministry.
• Co-ordinates all personnel matters, such as recruitment, promotion and discipline of staff of the Ministry.
• Liaise with Local Government Service Commission in the recruitment, promotion and discipline of Local Government staff.
• Initiation of action on employee's welfare, vacation leaves, etc.
• Co-ordinates activities of all the departments in the Ministry.
• Responsible for effective management of finances of the Ministry.
• Preparation/co-ordination of Budget Estimates.
• Advise the Ministry on all administrative and financial matters.
• Responsible for safe-keeping of all financial, personnel and other relevant records.

Department of Local Government Inspection

• Co-ordination of Local Government functions/activities.
• Verification of Local Government Books of Accounts and Payment Vouchers.
• Disbursement of Development Funds to Local Government Councils.
• Verification of Local Governments staff monthly salaries and allowances, payment vouchers and forwarding of same to Salary and Pension Administration.
• Processing of Local Governments Security and Peace Committees minutes of meeting.
• Processing of Handing/Taking Over notes prepared by transferred/posted Local Government top functionaries.
• Processing/verification of submissions made by Local Governments in respect of outstanding liabilities owed to contractors and payment of the same.
• Convey approval to Local Governments for the execution of developmental projects.
• Inspection of Developmental Projects executed by Local Governments through our Zonal Officers. This is aimed at ensuring that, projects are executed in accordance with specification.
• Processing of returns on Revenue and Expenditure.
• Processing of monthly Statement of Accounts
• Processing of Annual Accounts of the 27 Local Government Councils.
• Processing Council Minutes of Meeting of both Legislative/Executive Arms of the Local Government Councils.
• Receive and processes Board of Survey report of unserviceable vehicles/plants and forward same to Auditor General, Local Government Audit.

Agricultural Service Department

• Advises the Ministry on all matters relating to agricultural issues.
• Liaise with Ministry of Agriculture in the distribution of fertilizer to the 27 Local Government Councils in the state.
• Co-ordinates all international, national and state agricultural assisted programmes; such as Fadama I, II and III, IFAD, CBARDP, etc.
• Co-ordinates activities of Committees such as Farmer/Pastoralist, Road-side Tree Planting, Grazing Lands/Reserves, etc in respect of the Local Government Councils.
• Liaises with Kumadugu-Yobe Basin/Wetland Development Initiative (KYB/WDI) in cleaning typer grass/weeds along Hadejia-Jama'are Water ways in the 12 affected Local Government Councils.
• Linkage between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Local Government Councils on all agricultural issues.

Primary Health Care Department

• Recommends for recruitment of various cadres of health personnel at Local Government Councils.
• Oversees/co-ordinates the activities performed by Local Government Councils Health Departments.
• Linkage between the Ministry and Local Government Councils on matters relating to health both curative and preventive.
• Supports/Supervises Government special programmes in collaboration with donor agencies on health matters, like HIV/AIDS (JISACA), Malaria Control (SMOH), Oncho Control (SMOH, Vision 2020), UNICEF Supported etc.
• Liaises/ between the Ministry and State Ministry of Health in health issues as a stakeholder.
• Represents the Ministry in the Health Sector Reform forum.
• Represents the Ministry in the Health Planning Steering Committee.
• Represents the Ministry in Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of supplemented immunizations as well as supports the Mobilization of resources.
• Member of the Gunduma Governing Board.
• Organ of inter sectoral collaboration for the Ministry in health matters.

Social Development Department

• Advises the Ministry's Chief Executive (Commissioner) on all matters pertaining to Social Development issues.
• Coordinates all social development programmes and activities in all the 27 Local Government Areas in the State.
• Linkage/mediator between other Ministries, Parastatals etc and the 27 Local Government Areas in terms of any programme or activity which has direct bearing with social development issues.
• Supervises and monitors all social development programmes and activities in the 27 Local Government Areas.
• Collates and Compiles monthly and annual reports of Social and Community Development Departments of the 27 Local Government Areas.

Planning Research and Statistics Department

• Co-ordinates the preparation and implementation of Annual Budgets of the Local Government Councils.
• Formulates plans and policies as well as devising methods for periodic reviews and examination of all such plans and policies of sectoral and sub-sectoral levels. These include among others the preparation of medium term development plans and other policy documents such as LEEDS, i.e. (Local Government Economic Empowerment Development Strategies).
• Lenforcing the concept of "Due Process" in the Local Government affairs, especially as it relates to contract procedures for projects and procurement.
• Constant collection and processing of data and statistics relating to socio-economic planning in Local Governments.
• Management of information resources as they affect Local Government Councils (Data Bank, Computer Services and Library).
• Responsible for project/programme development, monitoring and evaluation in the overall socio-economic planning and development of Local Governments.

Public Works Department

• Coordinating all Technical activities related with other Governmental Agencies.
• Making all departmental correspondence with 27 Local Government Councils on behalf of the Ministry.
• Taking charge of all Technical services of the Ministry and supervising the 27 Local Government Councils capital projects, these includes the following:-
• Building, construction and maintenance works of the Ministry.
• Mechanical/Electrical maintenance pertaining to vehicles, power generating machines and all Electrical Appliances at the Ministry.
• Road designs and quantification for 27 Local Governments Capital projects.
• Capital project designs and quantification of Bridges, Drainages and Culverts in all the 27 Local Governments, these include supervision of project execution.
• Designing/setting out of plans of residential, Commercial and Industrial Layouts, in the 27 Local Governments.
• Estimating/setting out of Electrical projects, including supervision of execution of capital works.
• Estimating/setting out of water projects which include, Hand pumps, boreholes, water bone system and open well in the 27 Local Government Areas.
• Monitoring/Evaluation of progress of the approved capital project in all the 27 Local Government Areas.
• Signing of certificates of assessed projects in progress for subsequent pay in all the 27 Local Government Areas.
• Vetting and advice of estimate bill of quantities prepared by the Local Government works department.