The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab has charged members of the Geo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3) on the relevance of data in conducted their functions.
The Minister gave the charge when she convened National Steering and Technical Committees Maiden Joint Meeting of GRID3 Nigeria.
Ahmed convened the National Steering and Technical Committees maiden joint meeting for the Geo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3) Nigeria at the Federal Ministry of Finance headquarters in her capacity as the chairperson of the GRID3 Nigeria National Steering Committee.
The Committees are to support the Nigerian government’s efforts to use geospatial data in the country’s continued pursuit of sustainable development for Nigerians, a statement by Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi, the minister’s special adviser on Communications and media stated.
“As members of the Committees, various government ministries, agencies and non-governmental partners were represented, while updates and progress on the short, medium and long term goals of GRID3 Nigeria were reviewed and adopted.
“The goals of GRID3 Nigeria aims to ensure that the Nigerian people, particularly the poor and vulnerable, benefit from better evidence-based resource distribution and data drove policy implementation.
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“The objectives of both Committees are to be achieved through the sustainable and integrated use of GRID3 geospatial data on population, settlements, infrastructure and administrative boundaries across all sectors of the Nigerian society.
“The Minister called on all members of the Steering and Technical Committees to ensure commitment towards the achievement of the objectives,” the statement added.
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