Bayelsa State Deputy Governor Excellency, Dr. Peter Akpe, has Inaugurated the state Steering and Technical Committees to drive the implementation of the Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity Governance programme, popularly known as HOPE-GOV at the Deputy Governor’s Conference Hall, Government House, Yenagoa.
HOPE-GOV is a World Bank-assisted four-year rolling programme designed to achieve better financing, management and accountability for basic education and primary healthcare in the state.
The HOPE-Gov initiative is a performance-for-results initiative programme involving Bayelsa State, the Federal Government, and the World Bank, which is expected to run until 2029.
Charging the members of both committees to justify the confidence reposed in them, the Deputy Governor, His Excellency Dr Peter Akpe noted that the task before them was quite significant, underscoring the imperative for more effectiveness of financing across the three-result areas of human capacity, prosperity and equity.
His words: “Let me at this point, specifically acknowledge the leadership of His Excellency, the Governor. It is because of his steady reform agenda, his insistence on transparency in public finance, and his deep personal commitment to the welfare of our children, our teachers, and our healthcare workers, that Bayelsa State is today positioned to benefit from this programme.
“The HOPE-Governance is more than an administrative initiative. It is a four-year performance-for-results programme involving Bayelsa State, the Federal Government, and the World Bank. The task before you is significant, but it is clear.
“Across the three result areas of HOPE-GOV, we must increase the availability and effectiveness of financing for our schools, and primary health facilities. We must deepen transparency and accountability in how those resources are managed. And we must improve the recruitment, deployment, and performance of our teachers and frontline health workers.”
Members of the Committees are as follows;
1) Senator Douye Diri – Chairman of the Steering Committee
2) Mr. Irorodamie Komonibo – Vice Chairman
3) Mr. Maxwell Ebibai – State Programme Lead and Chairman of the Technical Committee
4) Mr. Timipre Seipulou – Focal Person and Secretary of the technical committee.
5) Mr Flint George – Member
6) Mrs. Peremoboere Soroh – Member
7) Ms. Tokoni Ifidi – Member
Mr. Tari Dounana – Member9) Fred Kemedei – Member
10) Ebimowei Wodu – Member
11) Directors of Treasury, Internal Audit, Final Accounts in the Office of the Accountant General to serve as Members
12) Director of Budget, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning – Member
13) Director of Human Resources Management, Due Process Bureau – Member
14) Director of Multinational and Donor Agencies in the Ministry of Finance, as well as the focal persons of HOPE-Edu (Education) and HOPE-PHC (primary healthcare), and the respective Desk Officers of SUBEB, Primary Healthcare Board, and HOPE-Governance.
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