The Kano State Social Protection Agency has turned to Lagos to study how the state coordinates social protection, manages community-level data and incorporates residents’ needs into development planning.
A delegation from the agency, led by its Director-General, Fatima Abubakar-Abdullahi, held a two-day engagement with the Lagos State Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget last week, a statement obtained by The PUNCH on Tuesday showed.
The visit centred on Lagos’ institutional framework for social protection, development planning, grassroots data management and citizen participation in government programmes.
The Kano team met officials of the Lagos social protection unit, led by its Director, Semiu Yusuf, at the ministry’s headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja.
The Permanent Secretary, Lagos Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, Olayinka Ojo, said the state created a dedicated Social Protection Coordinating Department after recognising the need to bring interventions under a more coordinated structure.
She said the department now operates with
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