UK, DAWN Commission Endorse Ogun Budget Model For South West States

The Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission and UK AID PERL have endorsed the Ogun State Medium Term Revenue Strategy as a probable model for other states within the South-West zone of the country

The State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr. Olaolu Olabimtan  made this known on Monday in Abeokuta, during his welcome address at the State Treasury Board Meeting on 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the 2022 Budget.

He reveals that the commission is seeking technical assistance of the state for other states in the Southwest Region.

"Budget credibility as determined by performance is better than we have ever had in the financial management history of Ogun State. As at September 30, we have attained 80 percent performance for IGR and 70 percent overall and we are poised to finish the year very strong", Olabimtan stated 

He added that as at September 30, the State had attained 80 percent performance for IGR and 70 percent overall budget performance.

His words, "it is worthy of note that the Dawn Commission and UK AID PERL considered the Ogun State MTRS a model one and sought our technical assistance for other states in the Southwest Region. 

The Budget Commissioner said the Prince Dapo Abiodun-led administration had improved Medium Term Sectoral Strategy (MTSS) model, with the introduction of costing into the MTSS integrated with the budgeting templates and the budgeting exercise,

According to him,  the model reduces considerably the time it takes to move from MTSS stage to the budget stage and reduces the gap between the requests of the MDAs and the approved estimates they would eventually get.

Olabimtan noted that the 2021 Treasury Board Meeting was the third to be held by the administration, informing that the Treasury Board is a body set up by the State Executive Council for the purpose of assessing the budget estimates, for the approaching fiscal year and to adjust the estimates as deemed fit and then approve for further processing.

He advised stakeholders across MDAs to develop Revenue Strategies that are very pragmatic, efficient and sustainable to survive the harsh economic effect of post COVID-19, with a clear assertion that the government had deviated from the era of allocating resources on programmes and projects that have not been properly articulated in the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Medium-Term Revenue Strategies (MTRS)