Humanitarian Ministry inaugurates Committee to implement strategic roadmap

The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has inaugurated a Committee on the implementation and institutionalisation of its Strategic Roadmap and Coordinating framework.

The Committee with members drawn from departments and Agencies under the Ministry was inaugurated by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, in Abuja the nations capital.

The Permanent Secretary said the Roadmap aptly themed “Mapping out a life of dignity for all” was conceived from the mandate given to the Ministry on its establishment in August, 2019.

#PhotoSpeaks – Inauguration of the Committee on the implementation and institutionalisation of the Ministry’s Strategic Roadmap and coordinating framework by the Permanent Secretary held on Thursday 19th May, 2023 at the Ministry’s conference room Federal Secretariat Abuja . pic.twitter.com/rNoU13R5HM

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“To develop humanitarian policies, coordinate National and International humanitarian interventions, ensure strategic disaster mitigation, preparedness and response and manage the formulation and implementation of fair focused social inclusion and protection programmes in Nigeria.“

He said in order to achieve this Mandate, the Ministry developed it’s Strategic Roadmap outlining its initiatives, action plans and strategies.

According to him, the mandate is contained in its seven strategic pillars enumerated which are:

“Strengthening policies and Institutional Frameworks, Building Evidence-Based systems for Transparency and Accessibility, Enhanced Programme Delivery through Effective Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism, Optimizing Funding and Resourcing Opportunities, Strategic Partnership, Collaborations and Disability Inclusion, Implementation of a robust Humanitarian Coordination system for improved strategic Communication & Governance and Mainstreaming of sustainable Development Goals and Integration of Social Initiatives and Investment Programmes.” 

Dr. Sani-Gwarzo said the Ministry in actualising the seven pillars of the Roadmap identified the need for an effective coordination and synergy of actions.

“For this reason, a standardized Coordination Frameworks was developed to enable the Ministry to Lead an Inclusive Innovative Future-Thinking Ecosystem (L.I.F.E), this Framework focuses on collaboration between the Ministry, its Agencies and programmes so as to have a central task of aligning all Independent Mandates to execute the overall Ministry’s vision which is To create sustainable and inclusive systems that promote human dignity in Nigeria” 

The Roadmap was launched on 14th February, 2022.

and  the constitution of a Committee and Institutionalizing the strategic Roadmap and Coordination and Framework is long overdue because the document will help serve as a supportive blueprint for the Ministry and Agencies under its supervision in conceptualizing and driving all its activities, initiatives and programmes in line with the objectives of the National Development plan 2021-2025 of the Federal Government.

Earlier, the Director Planning, Research and Statistics in the Ministry, Mr. Peter Nwakpa, in his opening remarks said the Roadmap is a five year strategic plan of action built on seven pillars and developed to provide policy direction for the Ministry and its Agencies with the aim of achieving the  Mandate, vision and mission of the Ministry in Coordinating the activities of the humanitarian sector.

He said the Roadmap is such an important document in the life of the Ministry that the Committee should give it all the desired attention, urging the Committee to work seriously to achieve the aim and also do their best in achieving their target.