President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) to study the report of National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) on how best to ensure effective policy design and implement its recommendations.
Buhari gave the order in Abuja on Thursday when he received the report entitled, ‘Getting Things Done: Strategies for Policy and Programme Implementation in Nigeria’, at the State House, Abuja.
In a statement by the presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, assured the course participants of the Senior Executive Course 43 (2021) of the institute that the policy would be treated with the seriousness and urgency it deserves.
He said his administration has invested great efforts in the provision of good governance and making tremendous progress at getting the desired results.
‘This report becomes important and timely in our quest to enhance service delivery to our citizens,” Buhari said.
‘‘No nation will progress without paying close attention to the ways policies are made and implemented, as it is often unclear how best to ensure effective policy design and implementation.
‘‘The gaps between policy design and programme implementation must be closed in order for our country to continue to make meaningful progress.
‘‘This was why I charged participants of the Senior Executive Course No. 43, 2021 to work on the theme: ‘Getting Things Done: Strategies for Policy and Programme Implementation in Nigeria.
“The structure, content and mode of presentation of this report shows great commitment and hard work that has gone into it.
Buhari urged the course participants to put to work all they have learnt in their various establishments.
The Acting Director-General of NIPSS, Brig. Gen. Chukwuemeka Udaya, told the president that the 85 participants of Senior Course 43 of 2021 were distributed into seven groups to interrogate the theme of the study.
