Kano State
About Kano State
Kano State, in the north of Nigeria, is Nigeria’s second most populous state according to the 2006 census carried out by the National Population Commission.
Kano State has for long been known for its industrial activities and is still the second leading industrial centre in Nigeria after Lagos. During the 1980s the state was host to over 2500 industries, however since then it has witnessed a decline in industrial activities and there are now only 350 large and medium industries. During the 1960s Kano generated 95% of its revenue locally. Kano as a state and all 44 Local Governments receive the lowest per capita income from the Federation Account out of all the 36 states of the Federation, and now depends substantially on revenue through the Federation Allocation Account Committee. Below is a graph showing per capita income to the state from the State and Local Government allocation of the Federation Allocation Account Committee.
Source of the data is the National Population Commission and the Federation Allocation Account Committee.
There are effectively two tiers of Governments in the state – State and Local Governments. SPARC works with both tiers, but predominantly with Kano State Government. Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso was once a Governor of Kano State from 1999 to 2003 and a former Defense Minister. He was re-elected as Governor on 26th April, 2011 under PDP. Returning to Government house for the second and last term, Dr. Kwankwaso has given insight to the areas that would preoccupy his Administration in the next four years which include; ensuring a hitch-free transition.
Kano State and the Millennium Development Goals
There is little up-to-date disaggregated data for Kano on the MDG targets, however the Mid-Point Assessment of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria 2000-2007 and the Nigeria Demographic and Health survey 2008 show there are major challenges for Nigeria. Kano State data can be found in the 2005 Kano-State Empowerment and Economic Development Strategy.
Governance Reform Programme
Baseline self-assessments were conducted on the four main workstreams with the goal of developing an appropriate strategy for reform. Based on the findings of the self-assessments, change matrices and change plans were developed as components of the Governance Reform Programme.
Policy and Strategy
The policy and strategy pillar will support government moves from spending on a large number of ad hoc, narrowly-focused activities to adopting a collegiate approach to government based on transparency and collaboration within an integrated policy, planning and financial framework over a medium term. Additionally, the pillar will support Kano State Government move accountability for planning and budgeting back to the MDAs, rather than it being an exercise for the central Ministries.
Monitoring and Evaluation
The central strategic aim for monitoring and evaluation in Kano is to support the policy making, planning and budgeting process, and also the monitoring, evaluation and performance review process of the Kano State Road Map for Development.
Public Financial Management
The primary focus of this workstream is to support KnSG to gain full management control over the financial resources of the State within the PFM area, and following this to roll out the application of Cash Management and Accounting controls to MDAs, in order to enable the production of timely information and accurate performance reports.
Public Service Reform
The objectives of this workstream is to build an efficient, effective and responsive Public Service that is professionally competent, ethically upright, results oriented, performance driven, and citizen/people focussed with the staff, skills, and structures to deliver Government priorities, policy and plans.
Knowledge Sharing
SPARC has recently supported knowledge sharing activities such as cross state vists to review public financial management reform ideas, and to learn from other state experiences in developing sector strategies.
Collaboration with Other Donor Funded Programmes
SPARC is collaborating with other donor programmes in Kano such as the European Union funded Support to Reforming Institutions Programme and the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme. SPARC also worked with the UNDP during the installation of a Wide Area Network and Financial Management Information System in the Audo Bako Secretariat.
