The Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, has disclosed that the Federal Government plans to include an allocation for geospatial data in the budgets of government agencies.
He was represented by his SA, Dr Zakari Lawal, during the sensitization workshop on the use of geospatial data for development planning and decision-making in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to the minister, the Federal Government has made a provision for monitoring and evaluation of projects in the country, further noting that this will be replicated for geospatial information system.
He said, “Recently, the ministry secured the approval of the Federal Executive Council on its national M&E policy. We ensure that there is budget for M&E across all MDAs since 2011.
“Part of what we have done again is to introduce another budget line for the geospatial information system. Just as we have budget line for M&E, now going forward, we will also ensure that there is a budget line for the implementation of geospatial information system.
“We have started that with the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning. Going forward, we want to ensure that every agency has this budget line.” SOURCE: PUNCH
