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FOREWORD<br />

In the year 2000, the Federal Republic <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nigeria</strong><br />

joined the rest <strong>of</strong> the global community in<br />

consenting <strong>to</strong> and adopting the Millennium<br />

Declaration, committing <strong>to</strong> a set <strong>of</strong> eight<br />

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that are<br />

time-bound with specific miles<strong>to</strong>nes and targets.<br />

Despite this commitment, however, the challenge<br />

<strong>of</strong> mustering the resources required in the quest<br />

for the MDGs remained until 2005, when the<br />

nation got debt relief from the Paris and London<br />

Clubs. The Office <strong>of</strong> the Senior Special Assistant<br />

<strong>to</strong> the President on MDGs (OSSAP-MDGs) was<br />

then assigned with the task <strong>of</strong> harnessing the Debt<br />

Relief Gains (DRGs) for investment in care<strong>full</strong>y<br />

identified interventions with the greatest positive<br />

impact on achieving the MDGs.<br />

The moni<strong>to</strong>ring and evaluation (M&E) framework<br />

set up by the OSSAP-MDGs as part <strong>of</strong> the<br />

fulfilment <strong>of</strong> its mandate has consisted <strong>of</strong> a<br />

network <strong>of</strong> independent technical consultants, as<br />

well as civil society and community based<br />

organisations (CSOs and CBOs). They are<br />

stationed at locations across all the states <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Federation, with a mandate <strong>to</strong> carry out<br />

independent evaluation <strong>of</strong> all DRGs-funded<br />

MDGs interventions by the OSSAP-MDGs,<br />

reporting on their levels <strong>of</strong> implementation,<br />

relevance <strong>to</strong> and impacts on host communities.<br />

The National M&E Consultants (GPC) and the<br />

National CSO (CDD) jointly referred <strong>to</strong> as the<br />

National Moni<strong>to</strong>ring and Evaluation Team<br />

(NMET), are at the pinnacle <strong>of</strong> this M&E<br />

framework, reporting directly <strong>to</strong> the OSSAP-<br />

iii<br />

MDGs at the Presidency. In the years 2006 <strong>to</strong><br />

2009, a <strong>to</strong>tal <strong>of</strong> N434.1 billion <strong>of</strong> DRGs funds has<br />

been allocated for the implementation <strong>of</strong> MDG<br />

projects and programmes through annual<br />

appropriations by the Federal Government alone.<br />

Complementary funding has also come from other<br />

partners, most notably the states through the<br />

Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) that was<br />

introduced from 2007.<br />

The MDGs and associated targets are closely<br />

interrelated set <strong>of</strong> objectives, and their pursuit<br />

requires a care<strong>full</strong>y coordinated holistic approach,<br />

with the aim <strong>to</strong> blend them in<strong>to</strong> the concept and<br />

context <strong>of</strong> the country‘s national development<br />

agenda. In the <strong>Nigeria</strong>n context, the OSSAP-<br />

MDGs‘ broad mandate is <strong>to</strong> integrate the DRGs<br />

investments in<strong>to</strong> the wider development goals <strong>of</strong><br />

the Vision 20-2020.<br />

As NMET, both GPC and CDD have been<br />

actively involved in and witnessed first-hand the<br />

leadership role played by the OSSAP-MDGs<br />

headed by the SSAP, in the coordination <strong>of</strong> all<br />

activities in the country geared <strong>to</strong>wards the<br />

attainment <strong>of</strong> the MDGs. The OSSAP-MDGs‘ role<br />

has entailed the facilitation <strong>of</strong> collaboration among<br />

stakeholder agencies, viz: the state governments,<br />

MOF, BOF, DMO, NPC, NAPEP, representatives<br />

<strong>of</strong> the IDPs (WB, DFID, UNDP) and the civil<br />

society. In the process, the OSSAP-MDGs has<br />

sought <strong>to</strong> domesticate the MDGs in <strong>Nigeria</strong> in a<br />

way that realigns them <strong>to</strong> the realities <strong>of</strong> the<br />

country in the National, state and local contexts;<br />

improve transparency and best practice in the

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