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conduct <strong>of</strong> public sec<strong>to</strong>r accountability, and<br />

formed a successful partnership between the<br />

public sec<strong>to</strong>r, consultants in the private sec<strong>to</strong>r and<br />

civil society in the moni<strong>to</strong>ring and evaluation <strong>of</strong><br />

public-funded projects.<br />

This is the fourth in the series <strong>of</strong> annual M&E<br />

reports that have been prepared under the<br />

leadership <strong>of</strong> the NMET as currently composed.<br />

The 2009 M&E report is a significant miles<strong>to</strong>ne in<br />

our journey <strong>to</strong>wards 2015, in at least three<br />

respects. First, it represents the first <strong>full</strong>-year<br />

report after the mid-way signpost <strong>of</strong> the MDGs<br />

targets and therefore in many ways marks the<br />

status <strong>of</strong> indica<strong>to</strong>rs as we begin the countdown <strong>to</strong><br />

2015. Also, significantly it has been prepared in a<br />

transition period, marking the imminent arrival <strong>of</strong><br />

a newly elected administration in <strong>Nigeria</strong>, and will<br />

therefore also serve as a first briefing <strong>document</strong> <strong>to</strong><br />

the incoming government on <strong>Nigeria</strong>‘s march<br />

<strong>to</strong>wards the attainment <strong>of</strong> the MDGs.<br />

Finally, and in response <strong>to</strong> the above senses <strong>of</strong><br />

transition, the National M&E Team has for the<br />

first time attempted <strong>to</strong> give the report a Goalbased<br />

orientation, that goes beyond reporting <strong>of</strong><br />

the performance <strong>of</strong> the implementing agents<br />

(MDAs, states) <strong>to</strong> now emphasise expected<br />

outcomes and inputs by clustering the projects and<br />

programmes in<strong>to</strong> the Millennium Development<br />

iv<br />

Goals they are intended <strong>to</strong> achieve. In doing this,<br />

the team has relied strategically on a centrally<br />

assembled database using a web-based M&E<br />

portal created independently by the NMET on its<br />

own initiative, and endorsed by the OSSAP-<br />

MDGs. The web portal has enabled the streaming<br />

<strong>of</strong> real time on-line data uploaded by the M&E<br />

field teams across the country in<strong>to</strong> the database,<br />

where these could then be care<strong>full</strong>y checked and<br />

analysed. It is all part <strong>of</strong> a methodology that has<br />

placed the NMET <strong>to</strong>day in the forefront <strong>of</strong><br />

information and data handling for DRGs-funded<br />

MDGs in <strong>Nigeria</strong>.<br />

The entire members <strong>of</strong> the team, consisting <strong>of</strong> 45<br />

independent consultants, 36 CSOs and CBOs<br />

across the country; headed by the National Team<br />

consisting <strong>of</strong> GPC and CDD, are proud <strong>of</strong> their<br />

contributions in the achievements accomplished so<br />

far in the M&E <strong>of</strong> MDGs in <strong>Nigeria</strong>, and will<br />

continue <strong>to</strong> cherish the opportunity <strong>to</strong> be <strong>of</strong><br />

service. We believe that this <strong>of</strong>fering will mark a<br />

watershed in our march <strong>to</strong>wards achievement <strong>of</strong><br />

the MDGs.<br />

Engr Nurudeen Rafindadi |||Dr Jibrin Ibrahim<br />

For NMET

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