Govt. Needs to Know What your Project is Contributing to the State Development - Dr. Lukpata

Iloke Egbe 

As a way of achieving mutual cooperation from Development Partners operating in the State to deliver quality and efficient service to the citizens, the Commissioner Ministry of International Donor Coordination, Elder Dr Hippolatus Lukpata has reminded Partners of the need to demonstrate their knowledge of letting Government know the quality and percentage of what they are contributing to the development of the State at the different locations of their interventions.

He gave the charge when he declared open the March 2026 Development Partners meeting, held at CUSO International office, Nsefik layout off Marian Road Calabar. He called on partners to enhance synergies, share experiences and lessons learnt, given that with open discussions and timely reports, all challenges can be resolved for the interest of beneficiaries and the State.

He added that the success of the coordination efforts will be more effective when partners submit their annual work plan to enable the ministry to follow up the field work. Adding that the Government is very much interested in what it has achieved through each project operating in the State. He promised to make a presentation on the achievements recorded courtesy of few projects that have shown the commitment while pointing out that Civil Society Organizations need to understand what the Governor meant by people's first mantra.

In his update, the Technical Head, Labour Intensive Public Workfare, Mr Finan Okama informed that His Excellency,  the Governor has increased the salaries of those who sweep the street from 10,000 to 20,000 and has been implemented, stating that very soon workers will receive their personal protective equipment, with the gesture to be extended to Staff of other urban development centres at the Central and Northern Senatorial Districts.

Highlights of the meeting were presentations by SelfHelp Africa and L-PRES, update by some Development Partners on progress work. In his vote of thanks, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Dr Balingwo Ofegobi thanked participants for the quality resolutions reach and the high attendance which he said was a positive improvement. 

Over 28 Development Partners operating in the State were in attendance.