By Muhd A. Haidar
The Jigawa state Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar has signed a Strategic Dialogue for Mutual Accountability in Development Partnership with Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO).
The document which was adopted after a Strategic Dialogue between the Jigawa State Government and the officials of the Foreign Commonwealth and Development office (FCDO) at the state government house in Dutse, Governor Badaru said, FCDO contributed towards improvement of many sectors particularly health, education, poverty reduction and economic growth in the state.
Governor Badaru explained that Jigawa state government under his administration will continue to partner with FCDO and any other developmental partners for the betterment of the state, he appreciated UK government for supporting the implementation of various programs particularly in the areas of governance reforms, human development and economic growth.
According to the Governor: -“I am happy to say that these have continued to impact positively on the socio-economic development of Jigawa State and wellbeing of its people”.
Hotpen reports that, since 2008, Jigawa State has ranked 1st in the independent national assessment conducted by Civil Resources Development and Documentation Center in Nigeria (CIRDOC-Nigeria) supported by UK-Aid and other development partners.
These reforms have also significantly contributed to our topmost performance in the World-Bank supported SFTAS Program which has allowed the State to access development grants.
The governor maintained that, with the FCDO commitments as captured in the shared daft Manual Accountability framework, prayed that the new program would directly contributes to his administration Education Change Agenda particularly towards addressing out-of-the school children and sustainable improvements in teacher quality.
While making his remarks, the FCDO Developmental Director, Dr Chris Pycroft who lead the team to Jigawa assured of more support and commitments from FCDO to improve the lives of Jigawa citizens.