The USAID State2State activity has called on Adamawa officials and civil society organizations (CSOs) to sustain its various reforms in the state to improve service delivery in education , health and WASH sectors.
Suzanne Myada, Adamawa State-to-State Team Lead, made the call at the Year 4 and Quarter 3 Public Financial Management (PFM) roundtable discussion with stakeholders in Yola, Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the roundtable was “Strengthening the Policy, Planning and Budget Linkages for Improved PFM”.
Myada said State2State had been in the state since 2020, reforming key areas for effective service delivery, and the intervention would be rolled out in August 2025.
She listed some of the reforms to include PFM, Cash management, citizen Engagement, monitoring and evaluation, Budgeting and Budget management forms.
According to her, sustaining the reforms will help to ensure transparency, accountability and effectiveness in the state.
“When partners come into the state, remember they will not stay forever.
“So, everything we are doing is not for State2State. it is for Adamawa. Take full ownership of the reforms to improve service delivery in education, health and WASH,” she said.
Mr Abubakar Usman, Coordinator PFM Support, earlier said that among the objectives of the roundtable was the need to increase ownership and sustainability of state-to-state PFM intervention in Adamawa.
“To discuss the implementing policy, planning and budget Linkages and how state can use to develop MTFF, MTBF and MTSS,” he said.
Mr. Emmanuel Bwala, Citizens Engagement and Capacity Building Consultants, said most of the reforms reviewed in the state were audited, are now up-to-date and need to be fully implemented.
“The government should be up and doing on my implementation of the reforms for effective service delivery and the benefits of citizens in the state,” he said.
Makallan Akila, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, appreciated USAID for the intervention and assured USAID to do everything possible for effective implementation for the development of the state.
Mr Shafa Salma, who spoke on behalf of the CSOs, said the meeting was timely and that it increased the consciousness of MDAs to know the importance of CSOs as partners in progress.
He assured continued collaboration and networking with MDAs for effective service delivery for the citizens (NAN)
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