In line with His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Jigawa State, Malam Umar Namadi FCA and State Executive Council commitment to achieve collective vision of a Greater Jigawa State. His Excellency has today taken a very important step towards upholding and delivering on the present administration commitments as reflected in the 12-Point Agenda and the Inaugural Speech Declarations by establishing a framework that would constantly keep Governor Nadami’s administration on track and to be able to assess performance and to hold the cabinet accountable.
It is precisely for these reasons that, the Governor has today Tuesday, 30th January, 2024 led the signing of an Executive Order and Performance Bonds to give effect to the Performance Measurement Framework with specific performance indicators set to be achieved by the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) across Jigawa State Government.
The Executive Order is meant to establish a Results Delivery & Performance Management Coordination Unit under the Office of the Executive Governor. The Unit is charged with the responsibility of coordinating and managing a Performance Measurement Tracking System to ensure effective delivery of results. As specified in the Executive Order, some of the functions of the Unit include:
a) Monitoring the delivery of results covered in the Performance Bond to be assessed based on the quarterly scorecard and annual reviews.
b) Developing and managing a comprehensive performance tracking system with Key Performance Indicators, Real-time Dashboard, and periodic spot checks to validate results.
c) 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 Honorable Commissioners, have signed the Performance Bond committing them to deliver on the set targets/results by working to their best and 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:
a) 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.
b) Each Head of MDA 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.
c) 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 of government policies and programs. Signed by: Sagir Musa Ahmed, Honorable Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sport and Culture