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equipping <strong>of</strong> teachers; increasing capacity <strong>of</strong><br />

women <strong>to</strong> influence decisions; training <strong>of</strong> skilled<br />

healthcare workers; and strengthening the local<br />

partnership for development already formed with<br />

some private sec<strong>to</strong>r organisations. It also<br />

recommends greater collaboration between DRGsfunded<br />

projects and programmes.<br />

The M&E makes a case for other government tiers<br />

and agencies <strong>to</strong> complement the DRGs<br />

expenditure with their annual spending on MDGs<br />

as the DRGs represent only an infinitesimal<br />

fraction <strong>of</strong> funds being committed <strong>to</strong> povertyreducing<br />

areas in the country.<br />

The report concludes that five <strong>of</strong> the eight goals<br />

received appropriate attention in 2009. The 405<br />

projects moni<strong>to</strong>red out <strong>of</strong> 596 projects in Goal 1<br />

revealed that targets 1 and 2 were well addressed<br />

in 2009. For Goal 2, the most progress is being<br />

made in achieving the increase <strong>of</strong> enrolment in<br />

primary, secondary and tertiary educational<br />

institutions as well as increasing the literacy rate<br />

<strong>of</strong> women within the 15-24-year age bracket.<br />

Expenditures on Goal 3 concentrated on only two<br />

out <strong>of</strong> the four indica<strong>to</strong>rs, but the health-related<br />

Goals 4, 5 and 6 made much progress with diligent<br />

implementation <strong>of</strong> projects and programmes,<br />

though MDA effectiveness can improve with<br />

establishment <strong>of</strong> participa<strong>to</strong>ry project design and<br />

implementation. Compared <strong>to</strong> previous years,<br />

some improvement in the implementation <strong>of</strong> MDG<br />

projects under Goal 7 in the 2009 budget was<br />

observed, nevertheless, very few MDG projects<br />

addressing environmental issues were budgeted<br />

for in 2009. For Goal 8, the report contends that<br />

the level <strong>of</strong> contribution <strong>of</strong> ODA <strong>to</strong>wards<br />

achieving the MDGs in <strong>Nigeria</strong> is insufficient and<br />

is indeed very low in per capita terms.<br />

In general, the expenditure <strong>of</strong> debt relief gains on<br />

MDG-related projects and programmes has shown<br />

that <strong>Nigeria</strong> can have a significant impact on all<br />

Goals in a relatively short time with more efficient<br />

planning, moni<strong>to</strong>ring, and the will <strong>to</strong> learn from<br />

previous implementation.<br />

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