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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