Kaduna Rated 1st in 2019 NGF Website Ranking

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School Feeding: Kaduna to Boost Nutritional Content

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he Director, Development

Aid Coordination, Kaduna

State Planning and Budget

Commission, Mallam Salisu

Lawal, has said that Kaduna

state government will

commence the preparation

of its 2020 budget in June.

Lawal made this known at

the just concluded 5-day meeting to finalise the

costing and development of result framework

for Kaduna Multi-Sectorial Strategic Plan of

Action for Food and Nutrition, holding in Zaria.

He said that the call circular for the 2020 budget

would be released soon and urged the relevant

Ministries, Departments and Agencies, working

around nutrition to include nutrition activities

within their budget allocation.

2020 Budget Preparation to Commence in June

According to him, this will allow the state

government to create the needed budget lines

for nutrition specific and sensitive interventions

across relevant MDAs.

“The state government is doing all it can to

improve the provision of funds needed for

nutrition intervention, with a view to curbing

the scourge of malnutrition in the state.'' He

added.

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The Kaduna State House of Assembly has

screened and confirmed Justice Muhammad

Lawal Bello as the Chief Judge of the state.

He was born on 24th April, 1957 in Lere Local

Government Area of Kaduna state where he

obtained his primary education between 1963 to

1968.

Muhammad also attended the Sardauna

Memorial College for his secondary education

between 1969 to 1973. He then went to

Government College Katsina, for his senior

secondary education between 1973 to 1974.

Justice Lawal Bello Confirmed CJJustice Muhammad Lawal Bello, new CJ of Kaduna State

Before obtaining his certificate from the

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria between

1977 to 1980, he went to Katsina College of

Arts, Science and Technology between 1974

to 1977. Justice Lawal attended Nigerian Law

School Lagos, between 1980 to 1981.

Until his confirmation, Justice Muhammad

had worked in various places and in various

capacities between 1975 to September 1st

2018, where he was appointed the acting

Chief Judge of Kaduna State.

he Ministry of

Justice, in collaboration with the

Deutsche Gesellachaft fur

Internationale Zusammenarbeit

(GIZ) has organised a Strategic

Workshop for judges and

prosecutors in the state on the

monitoring aspects of the

Kaduna State Administration of

Criminal Justice Law, 2017.

The Administration of Criminal Justice Law

provides for an Administration of Criminal

Justice Monitoring Committee (ACJMC) tasked

with the responsibility of ensuring criminal

matters are speedily dealt with, congestion of

criminal cases in courts drastically reduced,

congestion in prisons reduced to the barest

minimum, persons awaiting trial are as far as

possible not detained in prison custody,

collation and analyzing of information in

relation to the administration of criminal

justice in the state among other functions.

The workshop was designed to enhance

participants' capacity on ensuring compliance

with the administration of criminal justice law,

tracking of detentions and detention centres

and effective coordination of magistrates'

visitation to places of detention.

Kaduna State

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It was also a training aimed at boosting the

participants' capacity on reporting

obligations, developing a credible criminal

records registry, creation of enhanced

synergy between investigators and

prosecutors and the role of the court registry

in efficient criminal justice administration.

Justice D.H. Khobo of the High Court of

Kaduna State appreciated and commended

the organizers of the workshop which he

believed would lead to robust monitoring by

the ACJMC as enshrined in the law.

The Solicitor General & Permanent Secretary

of the Ministry of Justice, Chris Umar,

appreciated the GIZ for the support rendered

to the Ministry in implementing the provisions

of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law

which would ensure a speedy, just and fair

criminal justice system in the state.

The ACJMC comprises the Chief Judge of the

state as its Chairman, a Judge of the High

Court, Grand Khadi or Khadi, President,

Customary Court of Appeal or Judge, Attorney

General or his representative not below the

rank of a Director in the Ministry, the Director

of Public Prosecution, the Commissioner of

Police or his representative not below the rank

of a Chief Superintendent of Police, the State

Director of the National Human Rights

Commission or his representative not below

the rank of Assistant Director, a

representative of the Civil Society working on

human rights and access to justice or women

rights among other members.

Participants at the training were Judges of the

High Court and that of the Customary Court of

Appeal, State Counsel from the Ministry of

Justice and investigators from the security

agencies.

MoJ Organises Strategic Training

for Judges and Prosecutors

Participants at the training

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Kaduna State Government has

been rated first in a website

ranking of the 36 states of the

federation done by the Nigeria

Governor's Forum (NGF).

The state scored an aggregate

of 208 points in the sixth

edition of the ranking based on

the aggregate scores from 52

benchmarks drawn from five

criteria, overtaking Lagos state

which occupied the first

position in 2018 and now the

second in the 2019 ranking.

Nigeria Governor's Forum

website ranking analyses the

websites of the 36 state

governments and the Federal

Capital Territory (FCT) looking

at five evaluation criteria

ranging from technical design,

user experience, compatibility,

content, compliance with web

s t a n d a r d s a n d o t h e r

benchmarks.

Since 2012, NGF Secretariat

has championed the process of

cr i t ica l ly analys ing the

websites of the 36 states of the

federation with the aim of

e n c o u r a g i n g s t a t e

governments to maintain

interactive websites that allow

visitors and stakeholders to

explore relevant information

Kaduna Rated 1st in 2019 NGF Website Ranking.

pertaining the states for

diverse purposes.

The survey notes that Kaduna

s t a t e w e b s i t e :

www.kdsg.gov.ng is among

the most functional and

secured, with features that

make easy accessibility,

interactivity and regularly

populating and updating the

website with fresh contents

that engage the citizens,

provide useful information

about government policies,

strategic plans and project

implementation.

At the commencement of the

NGF state website ranking in

2012, Kaduna was no.3 but

nosedived to 17th in 2013.

Since 2016, the state has

maintained a steady rise to 4th

position in 2016, 2nd in 2017,

and 1st in 2019, largely due to

i n v e s t m e n t o n I C T

infrastructure and personnel

and adoption of innovative

ways o f d i s semina t i ng

government information.

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Plateau Applauds Kaduna State LG Reforms

Prof. Kabiru Mato, Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs with delegates from Plateau State MLG&CA