Nigerian Minister Rejects Proposal Seeking To Establish New Agencies 

A proposal for the creation of new agencies to monitor and evaluate Federal Government projects by the National Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies has been rejected by the Federal Government. <br />The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, argued this at the opening session of the Dialogue on the National Monitoring and Evaluation Policy and Women’s Economic Empowerment at the State House, Abuja. <br />Ahmed says the Federal Government had upgraded its monitoring and evaluation framework by involving citizens in its projects.