NAIROBI – Amb. Fidelia Njeze, the Special Assistant to the President on the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), on Sunday said Kenyan’s success in implementing the programme would be replicated in Nigeria.
Njeze made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nairobi as she embarks on a five day study tour to Kenya in a bid to reposition the programme in Nigeria.
The study tour will run from Sept. 22 to Sept. 26.
She said that the focus of the tour was to take a study on Kenya and how it had been able to achieve some of the goals and objectives of NEPAD.
According to her, the trip will enable her learn how the country succeeded and the challenges it faced in implementing its programme.
She said that her utmost goal was to ensure that the aim of initiating the programme would be achieved and succeed in Nigeria since it had experienced some setbacks in recent times.
“ Over the years, there have been several setbacks and these are the things that we are trying to identify and put back on track.
“The study tour will be around NEPAD implementing countries that have adopted the right measures and have succeeded.
“With that, we would know the areas to key into in order to make the necessary improvements across all sectors in Nigeria,’’ Njeze said.
The special assistant said that the peer learning and evaluation was starting from Kenya because it had been able to record a huge success in implementing NEPAD programmes. [eap_ad_1] She told NAN that Kenya was a good counterpart to learn from as it had recorded success even though it was not a part of the five founding countries.
The five founding countries of NEPAD are Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Algeria and Senegal.
Njeze said that NEPAD Nigeria was also initiating capacity building programmes for its members of staff.
She said that the programme was to train the staff in preparation for the task ahead.
“Training and re-training of our staff is one thing that we are not taking for granted because they need to be knowledgeable on our developmental projects.
“By this, they can go into the field and sensitise others and ensure that all projects are carried out effectively,’’ Njeze said.
NAN reports that NEPAD is a programme of the African Union (AU) that was adopted in 2001 by African leaders for the purpose of addressing the current challenges facing the African continent.
Its primary objectives include poverty eradication and promoting sustainable growth and development across the continent and women empowerment through genuine partnership at country, regional and global levels. (NAN)
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