By Joseph Edegbo :
The Plateau State Government has vowed to complete outstanding critical projects being implemented.
To this end, all projects and programmes will be carefully prioritized to ensure that the identified critical ones are completed within the tenure of this Administration.
The assurance is contained in a communique issued at the end of the Plateua State Policy Review Retreat Organised for Commissioners and Heads of MDAs.
The communique directs all MDAs to put all hands on deck to ensure the commitment to create jobs that will take 20,000 youths out of the unemployment market between now and 2022.
” All MDAs to explore other alternative sources of funds for implementing critical projects and programmes. Towards this end, the option of Public Private Partnership and donor funding shall be embraced much more strategically going forward.
” The Retreat resolved to adopt the State Monitoring and Evaluation Policy and Law, which will ensure self-tracking of projects and programmes, resulting in quarterly review sessions going forward.
” The four policy sub-councils to further meet before 31st December 2021 as syndicates to consider all inputs, recommendations and suggestions made at the retreat in order to review all the projects and programmes of MDAs under their respective purviews.
This is aimed at restructuring, rejigging and rescoping them within the time frame left for this administration, and to also come up with practical implementation strategies for delivering same” the communique concludes..