PERL’s Partnership Facilitator, Mr Istifanus Akau, said that the objective of the meeting was to strengthen partnership between State House Committee on Education and relevant committees with KADBEAM.Īkau said that the partnership would strengthen the implementation of education projects to help promote the education of women and girls. “We need this to strengthen the partnership and working synergy as partners working for the interest of the citizens,” he said. “While Kaduna State Government has signed onto the Open Government Partnership, some of the MDAs are still not sharing critical information with citizens to carry them along.
The Chairman, Evidence Technical Working Group, KADBEAM, Mr Danjuma Dangwa-Abbas, said that the partnership was also crucial to facilitate the release of education sector procurement documents to citizens to track implementation of projects. He added that the quality of service delivery would equally improve through the oversight function of the House Committee on Education. The meeting was supported by Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), a governance programme of UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).Īliyu said that the partnership would improve investment in the education sector through improved budgetary allocation and timely release of the approved funds. The Citizen’s Co-chair, Mr Tijjani Aliyu, told a meeting with the committees and other government agencies in Kaduna on Friday, that the partnership was necessary to increase investment in the education sector. The Kaduna Basic Education Accountability Mechanism (KADBEAM), an accountability platform, has partnered with relevant committees of Kaduna State Assembly to improve education service delivery and promote girls’ education in the state.