Presidential Committee on the North East Initiative, PCNI, has unveiled a new web-based system to capture and display important information about the presidential initiative and progress made by all actors in the implementation of the plan. It is termed “North East Stakeholders Dashboard.” From a single interface, the Dashboard allows decision makers to have actionable information that can be used to actively track and account for performance of the PCNI mandate.
Mohammed Danjuma, head of programmes, PCNI, said the Dashboard is build to ensure effective coordination of programmes and projects in the North East region, thereby ensuring the efficacy of interventions, mitigating against duplication of efforts and leveraging already deployed resources to maximise impact.
Apart from identifying gaps and providing information on projects in the Boko Haram troubled region, the dashboard is also designed to have an active user interface that immediately displays useful, organised and analysed information on all stakeholders’ activities in the Northern region.
Danjuma, while addressing stakeholders drawn from federal and state governments, development partners, private donors and international NGOs, said the dashboard will allow the presidential committee to collaborate with other institutions for the purpose of data exchange and information sharing.
The programme was organised with the support of the World Bank and the UK Government’s Department for International Development, DfiD, which took place today at the Transcorp Hilton in Abuja.
Rachid Benmessaoud, World Bank Country Director, Nigeria, said, “This forum is geared towards translating plans into the required actions needed to achieve desired results. The World Bank has a strong commitment to support North-East Nigeria and to partner closely with humanitarian and other partners to achieve an integrated approach that links short-term humanitarian needs to finding long-term social and economic solutions to the crisi.”
Benmessaoud told the stakeholders that the World Bank’s $775-million financial support to the North East Nigeria focuses on addressing service delivery gaps in health, education, social protection as well as livelihood deficit, youth, unemployment and social cohesion issues created by the protracted crisis.
He said the North East is also facing a credible risk of famine and food scarcity which is amplified by the conflict, said Benmessaoud.