Following the completion of the first phase of capacity building for policy management processes and cabinet documentation for enhanced service delivery, the Cabinet Affairs Office (CAO) in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) organised an event in collaboration with the Centre for Management Development (CMD) and supported by DFID-PERL, to deliver Phase 2. Phase 2 aimed to improve the skills of Directors and senior level officers in the areas of policy management, including preparation and processing of Federal Executive Council (FEC) documents.

The exercise brought Directors, Senior Level Officers, Relationship and Desk Officers up to speed in helping the Federal Government to deliver on its nine priority areas. These include:

i.                     Stabilizing the macro economy

ii.                   Improving transportation and other infrastructure

iii.                 Enhancing social inclusion and reducing poverty

iv.                 Achieving agriculture and food security

v.                   Driving industrialization

vi.                 Fighting corruption and improving governance

vii.                Ensuring energy sufficiency and in power and petroleum products

viii.              Improving health, education and productivity

ix.                  Improving security.

At the event, the Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Affairs Office, Babatunde Lawal, noted that following the completion of the first phase, the CAO has observed some level of improvement in documentation processes. He urged participants to increasingly ensure that memoranda prepared by MDAs contain relevant, concise, verifiable and easily understandable information and data. He also encouraged the timely submission of such documents for processing and presentation to the FEC.