Lalong okays five-year Strategic Development Plan for Plateau State for the period 2019-2024.

By Golok Nanmwa ,Jos

Barely one week after unveiling his broad vision for the second term of the Rescue Administration in Plateau State, the Executive Governor, Rt Hon Simon Bako Lalong has approved the engagement of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to work with the State Government in collaboration with H. Pierson Associates Ltd to produce a detailed five-year Strategic Development Plan for Plateau State for the period 2019-2024.

Our correspondent reports that BCG is a global management consulting firm and the world’s leading advisor on business strategy with more than 90 offices in 50 countries including Nigeria, employing more than 14,000 employees with more than 900 partners

A statement made available by Ezekiel Gomos, OFR,Chairman Plateau State Economic Team made available to newsmen in Jos reads that the Plan is expected to provide a clear route map of where Plateau State is going to, in the future, and how to get there.

The process will commence with interactive sessions with all MDAs and select stakeholders in the state development arena, followed by a deep diagnosis of the past and current development efforts, leveraging on existing and future development programs around Nigeria. This will also entail conducting a deep-dive of the prioritized development sectors and a clear identification and collation of the state resources- from natural endowments to the State’s financial situation, as well as benchmarking of similar States to Plateau.

The project which will last for eight (8) weeks will culminate in the delivery of a Strategy document that lays out clear Monitoring and Evaluation matrix for each sector/MDA and also include appropriate training and capacity building of key actors from the public service to enhance implementation of the Plan.

In accepting the appointment, BCG representative and Head of Nigeria Office, Dr Jaoa Hrotko assured Governor Lalong that BCG will deploy its network of experience, expertise and global linkages not only to deliver a realistic and actionable Plan but work with the Government to provide a quick positive narrative around the State.

The Executive Governor Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong plans to convene an Investment and Economic Summit at the end of the second quarter of this year and hopes that the Strategic Development Plan document will be presented as a platform for partnership with potential investors, donors, multilateral and international development organisations.

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Gov. Lalong Okays Five-year Strategic Development Plan for Plateau State for the Period 2019-2024