Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, on Monday presented a report on the monitoring and tracking of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) funds and result delivery at the Economic Sustainability Committee meeting chaired by His Excellency, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, GCON.
He was quoted to have noted that over 2 million jobs had been retained/created through the implementation of the ESP programmes/projects.
He said that the establishment of 520 Intensive Care Units (ICU) Beds, 52 Molecular Laboratories and Isolation Centres at Federal Tertiary Hospitals were at 67% completion.
Agba stated that ongoing construction of 340 km of rural roads under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, was at 60% completion.
He added that the construction/rehabilitation of 3,707 km federal roads across the federation under FERMA was at 65% completion.
The Minister said in order to promote citizen participation, ownership and transparency in the delivery of the ESP projects, the ministry had commenced the development of a web application called the “EYEMARK”, which would allow citizens/beneficiaries of the ESP projects to report on the quality and functionality of these projects.
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