Abia strengthens project monitoring to ease projects execution
…Says ANPA has recorded high number of patients
From Boniface Okoro, Umuahia
Abia State Government says it has taken steps towards strengthening its Monitoring and Evaluation Unit for effective monitoring of all projects it was executing.
The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Prince Okey Kanu, made this known while briefing journalists on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting presided over by the Governor, Dr. Alex Otti.
Kanu said that the strengthening of the Unit would lead to seamless execution of projects, as well as ensuring that government gets the value for every money spent, in line with specifications.
The Commissioner assured that the Governor Alex Otti-led administration would continue to put up measures to ensure that all funds at its disposal were utilized judiciously for the benefit of Abians and other residents.
“As a responsible and responsive government, that is the way to go, to ensure that all government initiatives and projects are executed in a manner that would ensure that resources of the State are optimally deployed to achieve the best outcomes that would ensure dividends of democracy for all Abians and residents in line with all government programs and policies,” the Commissioner said.
He also said that the present administration was currently reconstructing a total of 27 road projects across the State and assured that Abians would continue to witness massive road infrastructure development as one of the key drivers of the economy.
On the forthcoming free medical mission to be conducted by the Association of Nigerian Physicians in America (ANPA) next month, Prince Kanu noted that over 2,500 patients have so far registered, adding that over 5000 patients were expected to benefit from the medical mission.
“The registration of patients for the ANPA medical mission is ongoing. It will come up in April , but about a month to that date , over half the number of the patients expected to benefit from the medical mission has registered. So , what that indicates is that by the time the medical mission takes off, we would have crossed the 5,000 mark,” Kanu said.
The Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr. Chinedu Ekeke and Special Adviser to the Governor on Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr. Ugochukwu Okoroafor, were present at the briefing.
