MANDATE – The Presidency NEPAD Nigeria

The United Nations resolution (57/5) recognizes the need for African countries to establish NEPAD National Offices with responsibility for monitoring the implementation of NEPAD programmes at the country level and serving as a repository of information, among other functions. In order to achieve this, the Federal government established NEPAD Nigeria as an institutional mechanism in the Presidency to be responsible for implementation of NEPAD programmes in Nigeria.

NEPAD Nigeria was established in the year 2002 and its mandates, among others, include the following:

To identify and work with partners in the public and private sectors, including the civil society and international organizations operating in Nigeria with a view to develop, implement, and promote NEPAD programmes at the country level;
To disseminate to the public, information on NEPAD programmes and activities;
To establish and maintain a functional data bank on NEPAD activities in Nigeria;
To prepare in collaboration with the line ministries, a National Programme of Action on NEPAD and ensure effective mainstreaming of such plan (including its identified programmes and projects) into the annual national budget;
To promote stakeholders’ participation in the preparation and implementation of NEPAD projects with particular reference to the 3-tiers of government, NGOs and private sector;
To liaise with the NEPAD Planning & Coordinating Agency (NPCA) in the areas of formation of national positions on issues relating to NEPAD through inter-ministerial and inter-sectoral committee;
To work closely with relevant organs of government on technical assistance programmes and support for the country office;
To serve as national focal point for various international partner organization operating in Nigeria which are involved in NEPAD and attending their meetings and conferences from time to time;
To participate from time to time in international meetings concerning NEPAD National programmes as may be approved by Mr. President;
To assist the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) on country level activities relating to the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM); and
To monitor periodically all institutions’ processes and activities at national level relevant to the pursuance of NEPAD objectives.

THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR/CEO’S 4R STRATEGY

RE-POSITIONING

NEPAD Nigeria is deeply concerned about Nigeria’s present and future prospects in global economic development given the crisis the nation has witnessed over the years. Thus, our economy has been in shambles as a result of pervasive corruption, erosion of our enviable value system, lack of good governance and poor project implementation from the past regime.
Consequently, NEPAD Nigeria among other things has re-positioned itself to tackle the poor state of the nation’s economy and designed programs and projects that would kick-start the nation’s aspiration for realistic economic diversification, reverse the present recession and put the nation on the path of global competitiveness.

RE-LAUNCHING

• To re-introduce NEPAD to the consciousness of Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike;
• To partner with the Federal MDAs, State and Local Governments, Private Sector, the International Community, NGOs and the Civil Society Organizations in implementing NEPAD programs and projects;
• To introduce a robust partnership for NEPAD Nigeria and constant engagement with the APRM Continental Secretariats and other countries to exchange ideas, share experiences and benefits from economics of scale; and
• To ensure the successful completion of the second country review in partnership with the National Steering Committee.

RE-BRANDING

We have changed to an excellent and tantalizing, brand status vis-a-vis our processes and standards of delivery to make NEPAD Nigeria more attractive to all investors, NGOs and International Donor Agencies in order to place Nigeria and other African countries, individually or collectively, on a path of sustainable economic growth and development. In this wise, we have rebranded our programs and projects mix in response to changes in the global environment so as to halt the marginalization of Africa in the globalization process.
We now have an innovative strategy that aims to make the NEPAD’s brand occupy a distinct position, relative to other MDAs in Nigeria.

RE-ALLIGNING

NEPAD Nigeria has repacked itself as a tool for building an egalitarian society, basic human rights, good governance and key infrastructures for national development.
Therefore the management is the process of working with relevant stakeholders to accomplish organizational mandates
Some of the Critical Deliverable Actions Plans include:
1. Alignment to the nation’s economic policy goals, strategies and priorities with a focus on the economic globalization competitive environment.
2. Setting standard for all aspects of our programs /projects
3. Ensuring effective and efficient operation of all our internal processes and systems.
4. Closing any gap between desired performance and actual performance.

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