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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 />
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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