Ministries Agencies and Parastatals Jigawa State of Nigeria

DEPARTMENT:-

• Department of Administration and Finance.
• Department of Planning, Research and Statistics.




• Department of Medical Services.
• Department of Public Health.
• Department of Pharmaceutical Services.
• Department of Nursing Services.
• Department of Hospital Services.

DEPARTMENT:-

• Department of Administration and Finance.
• Department of Planning, Research and Statistics.
• Department of Medical Services.
• Department of Public Health.
• Department of Pharmaceutical Services.
• Department of Nursing Services.
• Department of Hospital Services.

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

• General administration of the Ministry;
• All staff matters concerning recruitments, appointments, formalization of appointments, training, posting and transfer, discipline and promotion;
• Promotion of Junior staff GL 01-06;
• Recommendation for promotion of senior staff GL 07-16:
• Advancement of staff that under-went relevant professional courses:
• Recommendation of renewal of contract appointments: .
• Formalization of appointments of staff with the Civil Service Commission (CSC).
• Discipline of erring staff
• Postings and transfers of all Academic and Administrative staff of the ministry.

SCHOOL SERVICES:-

Responsible for:

• General administration of Senior Secondary Schools,
• Postings/transfer of students/teachers, vice-principals and principals,
• provision of adequate teaching staff:
• Staff and students discipline.

PLANNING, RESEARCH AND STATISTICS:-

Responsible for:

• Planning the general activities of the Ministry, such as vision, mission, targets, admission/placement school calendar, construction, renovation works
• preparing annual budgets, collecting, collating storing and analyzing data: coordinating the Student Exchange Programme (Unity Schools Program among the Northern States):
• Serving as the secretariat for Management meetings, Tenders Board, Joint Consultative Committee on Education (JCCE) and National Council on Education (NCE)
• Coordinating interventions into the Ministry by ETF, UNICEFR and others.

TERTIARY EDUCATION:-

The Department is responsible for:

• Liaison activities between Tertiary institution and the Ministry
• Representing the Ministry at Board meetings of Tertiary institutions
• Conveying all approvals and any other correspondence from the Ministry to Institutions.

Works

The Department is responsible for:

• Construction and renovation of schools structures:
• Maintenance of school structures
• Purchase and maintenance of schools equipment like generators, ITT equipment and many others
• Purchase and maintenance of Ministerial vehicles
• Supervision of ETF projects, which include renovation, construction works and supplies

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE:-

The Department is responsible for:
• preparation and conduct of examinations
• Inspection of schools
• All the necessary procedures for the establishment of new school by the state government
• Recommendation of applicants seeking for teaching profession
• Recommendation for the establishment of private school
• Inspection of private schools
• Preparation and conduct of schools sporting activities
• Organizing seminars, workshops and conferences for teachers, Vice Principal and Principals
• Recommendation for up-grading of schools
• Keeping records of Exams WAEC, NECO, NABTEB and NBAIS.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:-

The Department is responsible for:
• The ICT component of the Ministry's mandate
• Maintaining the Computer Training Centers in the State;
• Development and teaching of ICT in Senior Secondary Schools;
• Liaison between the Informatics Institute Kazaure and the Ministry.

SPECIAL DUTIES:-

The Department is responsible for:
• Coordinating the activities of Higher Education Development Committees established in each Senior Secondary School;
• Coordinating the activities of PTAs;
• Carrying out any ad hoc programme of the Ministry;
• Special assignment of any matter that may arise in any school and other departments;
• Any duty that may be assigned by the Honorable Commissioner or Permanent Secretary.

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

DEPARTMENTS AND FUNCTION

Public Prosecution Department

Responsible for;
• Proffering legal advice to the Police
• Drafting and filing criminal charges
• Prosecution of criminal cases
• Recommendation of promotion of senior staff GL 07-16:
• Taking over criminal cases from Police, other organizations and individuals.
• Formalization of appointments of staff with the Civil Service Commission ( CSC)

Civil Litigation Department

• Providing legal representation to the State Government or any of its agencies or departments.
• Advising State, Local Governments and their Agencies or department in respect of all civil matters

Legal Drafting Department

• Drafting statutes or contractual agreements involving the State, Local Governments, or their departments or agencies.
• Vetting government contracts and advising government as appropriate in respect of all contract agreements.

Citizen’s Rights Department

• Providing free legal services to the less privileged citizens of the State through the Community Law Centers viz:
• proffering legal advice
• Mediation and reconciliation
• Providing legal representation

Planning, Research and Statistics Department

• Responsible for conducting research on the operation of the Ministry with a view to develop future plans for improvement so as to enhance the services being rendered by the Ministry in General.
• It collates statistical data and keeps all records of files for easy access.
• It organizes and/or proposes for training of staff to attend seminars, conferences, workshops and courses.
• It manages the Ministry’s Library and keeps record of all Library Books.

Administration and Finance Department

• Responsible for day to day administration of the Ministry and the general management of its financial activities.
• Responsible for staff recruitment, promotion and general welfare.




  MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC PLANNING

DEPARTMENTS AND FUNCTION:-

Finance and Administration

Responsible for;
• Processing of applications for recruitment into the service.
• Handling of promotion and Discipline of staff
• Processing for the payment of all utilities bills incurred by the MDAs'
• Custodian of the Ministry records
• Handling of all Ministry staff matters.

Treasury Operation

• Management of cash received from the Federation Account and internally generated revenue.
• Payment to all MDAs and contractors for the request made on work done.
• It coordinates the work of other Departments within the Ministry in matters related to payment of funds.
• The department controls the activities of MDAs with regards to Banks/Accounts operation. In other words the Department intervenes where any of the MDAs' has problems with regard to Banks/Accounts.
• It regulates the system of payment when the need arises, for instance it is through this department that E-payment is being introduced.

Inspection and Training

• Receiving, checking and processing of all capital payments vouchers forwarded from MDAs.
• Maintenance of Departmental vote books.
• Periodic Inspection of financial records maintained by MDAs.
• Organizing training of all Accounting staff.

Final Account

• Collection of monthly returns from MDAs.
• Preparation of periodic financial statements and annual accounts
• Overseeing of all financial records and books of accounts, documentations and internal control of World Bank assisted projects (PFMU)

Debt Management

• Maintains a reliable database of all loans or guarantees by the State Government or any of its agencies.
• Prepares and submits to State Government a forecast of loan service obligations for each financial year
• Prepares and implements a plan for the efficient management of the state external and domestic debt obligations at sustainable levels compatible with desired economic activities for growth and development and participates in negotiations aimed at realizing these objectives.
• Verifies and reconciles external debts service guaranteed or directly taken by the State Government with the Federal Debt Management office (DMO).
• Verifies and services domestic debts, guaranteed or directly taken by the State Government, with the Accountant General.
• On an agency basis, service domestic debts taken by Local Governments and any of their agencies, where such debts are guaranteed by the State Government.
• Advises the State Government on the re-structuring and re-financing of all debt obligations.
• Advises the Debt Management Committee (DMC) on the terms and conditions on which monies are to be borrowed
• Submits to the State Government, for consideration in the annual budget, a forecast of borrowing capacity in Local and foreign currencies.
• Prepares a schedule of any other State Government obligations such as contingent liabilities, both explicit and implicit, and provides advice on policies and procedures for their management.
• Establishes and maintains tripartite copies of relationships between the State, /Donor Agencies, and the DMO.
• Collects, collates, and disseminates information, data and forecasts on debt management with the approval of the DMC.
• Carries out such other functions, which may be delegated to it by the Commissioner or by the Act of the State Assembly.
• Performs such other functions which in the opinion of the Department are required for the effective implementation of its functions.

Revenue Mobilization

• To collect all Revenue that is due to government from MDAs
• To collect monthly returns in respect of Revenue from MDAs and record it in different registers
• Make a follow-up to defaulting MDAs in relation to revenue returns.
• Maintaining and recording all figures for the FAAC meeting on monthly basis.
• Works hand in hand with officials of the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Allocation Commission to give them information/Data in relation to revenue.
• Liaison with State Board of Internal Revenue and Department of Final Accounts of the Ministry.

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, COOPERATIVES AND TOURISM 

• HOTELS AND TOURISM BOARD

MINISTRY OF ENVIROMENT

DEPARTMENTS:-

• Admin and Finance Department.
  
• Planning Research and Statistics Department.
  
• Forestry Department.
  
• Nature Conservation Department.
  
• Flood and Erosion Control Department.
  
• Pollution Control Department.
  





MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCE

DEPARTMENTS:-

• Administration and Finance Department.
• Planning Research and Statistics.
• Hydrology and Hydrogeology.
• Water Supply and Quality Control.

MINISTRY OF WOMEN AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENTS:
• Social Welfare Department.
• Women Affairs Departments.
• Child Development Departments.
• Planning Research and Statistic Department.
• Admin and Finance Department.
• Rehabilitation Board.

MINISTRY OF LAND AND HOUSING

 


MINISTRY OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT

DEPARTMENTS AND FUNCTIONS

Department of Building

Building Department is one of the functional components of the State Ministry of Works and Transport. It has been in existence since the creation of the State in August, 1991.
This Department comprises of professionals on Building and Construction Industries especially Architects, Builders, Quantity Surveyors, Estate Surveyors, Technicians, Craftsmen, Attendants and Laborers.


The main function of the Department is to represent the state government in the actualization of its Building Construction and Maintenance Programmes.
The main services offered are:

• Feasibility studies/report of Government Building Project Proposals.
• Architectural works
• Quantity surveying
• Building production management
• General maintenance of Public Buildings
• Estate management
• Office consultancy services to State Government Agencies and Local Governments
• Training of Technicians and Craftsmen.
Responsibilities undertaken by the Department since the creation of the state in the year 1991 to date also include the following.

• General repairs, renovation and furnishing of Government buildings
• Construction of 1060 No Junior Staff Houses
• Construction of 95 NO intermediate Staff Houses
• Construction of Government Guest House
• Extension of Commissioner's Lodge
• Construction of New Government House.
• Governor's/Deputy Governor's Lodge at Abuja
• 13 numbers Commissioner’s residence
• 3 Star Hotel
• Senior staff Houses, Modern Abattoir, Legislative House, General renovation of Old Secretariat and General renovation of Old Secretariat.
• Office Extension, Up grading of warehouse

Department of Mechanical/Electrical

The Mechanical/Electrical Department of the Ministry of Works & Transport is responsible for the under listed operations.
• Light and Heavy Vehicle maintenance.
• Street Light Construction and maintenance in Emirate Head Quarters.
• Electrical maintenance in Public Buildings i.e. Old and New Secretariat, House of Assembly Complex, Government House, Cabinet Office etc.
• Supervision of Capital Projects (Electricity Supply)
• Design and Costing of Electrical Works in Building Construction in including A/C and refrigeration.
• Purchase/Installation assessing vehicles, Generating Sets and Earth moving plants and equipment for Government agencies.
• Departmental Trade Test for Mechanical/Electrical Craftsmen.

Department of Planning Research/Statistics

• Articulating objectives and set targets for the Ministry with focus on monitoring and evaluation activities
• Articulating modalities for the implementation of new system introduced to ensure effectiveness in the Ministry.
• Assisting in removing the major weaknesses in the management and operational systems in the Ministry.
• Coordinating progress reports from other departments and keeping custody of same
• It serves as ministerial budget secretariat there by working in collaboration with other departments for immediate and long term plans for development.
• It also serves as secretariat for budget ministerial tender board.
• It operates as a special department in rendering extra ministerial function.
• It coordinates with relevant organization and institution on matters related to planning, research, statistics and data management particularly by the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning.
• The department has standard soil material testing laboratory that take care of both Government and Private organizations that are involved in engineering construction as well as agricultural research.



MINISTRY OF INFORMATION YOUTH SPORTS AND CULTURE

DEPARTMENT:-

• Department of Administration and Finance.
• Department of Planning, Research and Statistics.
• Department of Information Dissemination.
• Department of Audio Visual.
• Department of Publication and Documentation.
• Department of Youth Development.
• Department of Social Re-orientation.

 MINISTRY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, CHIEFTAINCY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT



DEPARTMENTS AND FUNCTION
Finance and Administration
Responsible for;
• Responsible for the general administration of the Ministry.
• Co-ordinates all personnel matters, such as recruitment, promotion and discipline of staff of the Ministry.
• Liaise with Local Government Service Commission in the recruitment, promotion and discipline of Local Government staff.
• Initiation of action on employee's welfare, vacation leaves, etc.
• Co-ordinates activities of all the departments in the Ministry.
• Responsible for effective management of finances of the Ministry.
• Preparation/co-ordination of Budget Estimates.
• Advise the Ministry on all administrative and financial matters.
• Responsible for safe-keeping of all financial, personnel and other relevant records.
Department of Local Government Inspection
• Co-ordination of Local Government functions/activities.
• Verification of Local Government Books of Accounts and Payment Vouchers.
• Disbursement of Development Funds to Local Government Councils.
• Verification of Local Governments staff monthly salaries and allowances, payment vouchers and forwarding of same to Salary and Pension Administration.
• Processing of Local Governments Security and Peace Committees minutes of meeting.
• Processing of Handing/Taking Over notes prepared by transferred/posted Local Government top functionaries.
• Processing/verification of submissions made by Local Governments in respect of outstanding liabilities owed to contractors and payment of the same.
• Convey approval to Local Governments for the execution of developmental projects.
• Inspection of Developmental Projects executed by Local Governments through our Zonal Officers. This is aimed at ensuring that, projects are executed in accordance with specification.
• Processing of returns on Revenue and Expenditure.
• Processing of monthly Statement of Accounts
• Processing of Annual Accounts of the 27 Local Government Councils.
• Processing Council Minutes of Meeting of both Legislative/Executive Arms of the Local Government Councils.
• Receive and processes Board of Survey report of unserviceable vehicles/plants and forward same to Auditor General, Local Government Audit.
Agricultural Service Department
• Advises the Ministry on all matters relating to agricultural issues.
• Liaise with Ministry of Agriculture in the distribution of fertilizer to the 27 Local Government Councils in the state.
• Co-ordinates all international, national and state agricultural assisted programmes; such as Fadama I, II and III, IFAD, CBARDP, etc.
• Co-ordinates activities of Committees such as Farmer/Pastoralist, Road-side Tree Planting, Grazing Lands/Reserves, etc in respect of the Local Government Councils.
• Liaises with Kumadugu-Yobe Basin/Wetland Development Initiative (KYB/WDI) in cleaning typer grass/weeds along Hadejia-Jama'are Water ways in the 12 affected Local Government Councils.
• Linkage between the Ministry of Agriculture and the Local Government Councils on all agricultural issues.
Primary Health Care Department
• Recommends for recruitment of various cadres of health personnel at Local Government Councils.
• Oversees/co-ordinates the activities performed by Local Government Councils Health Departments.
• Linkage between the Ministry and Local Government Councils on matters relating to health both curative and preventive.
• Supports/Supervises Government special programmes in collaboration with donor agencies on health matters, like HIV/AIDS (JISACA), Malaria Control (SMOH), Oncho Control (SMOH, Vision 2020), UNICEF Supported etc.
• Liaises/ between the Ministry and State Ministry of Health in health issues as a stakeholder.
• Represents the Ministry in the Health Sector Reform forum.
• Represents the Ministry in the Health Planning Steering Committee.
• Represents the Ministry in Planning, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of supplemented immunizations as well as supports the Mobilization of resources.
• Member of the Gunduma Governing Board.
• Organ of inter sectoral collaboration for the Ministry in health matters.
Social Development Department
• Advises the Ministry's Chief Executive (Commissioner) on all matters pertaining to Social Development issues.
• Coordinates all social development programmes and activities in all the 27 Local Government Areas in the State.
• Linkage/mediator between other Ministries, Parastatals etc and the 27 Local Government Areas in terms of any programme or activity which has direct bearing with social development issues.
• Supervises and monitors all social development programmes and activities in the 27 Local Government Areas.
• Collates and Compiles monthly and annual reports of Social and Community Development Departments of the 27 Local Government Areas.
Planning Research and Statistics Department
• Co-ordinates the preparation and implementation of Annual Budgets of the Local Government Councils.
• Formulates plans and policies as well as devising methods for periodic reviews and examination of all such plans and policies of sectoral and sub-sectoral levels. These include among others the preparation of medium term development plans and other policy documents such as LEEDS, i.e. (Local Government Economic Empowerment Development Strategies).
• Lenforcing the concept of "Due Process" in the Local Government affairs, especially as it relates to contract procedures for projects and procurement.
• Constant collection and processing of data and statistics relating to socio-economic planning in Local Governments.
• Management of information resources as they affect Local Government Councils (Data Bank, Computer Services and Library).
• Responsible for project/programme development, monitoring and evaluation in the overall socio-economic planning and development of Local Governments.
Public Works Department
• Coordinating all Technical activities related with other Governmental Agencies.
• Making all departmental correspondence with 27 Local Government Councils on behalf of the Ministry.
• Taking charge of all Technical services of the Ministry and supervising the 27 Local Government Councils capital projects, these includes the following:-
• Building, construction and maintenance works of the Ministry.
• Mechanical/Electrical maintenance pertaining to vehicles, power generating machines and all Electrical Appliances at the Ministry.
• Road designs and quantification for 27 Local Governments Capital projects.
• Capital project designs and quantification of Bridges, Drainages and Culverts in all the 27 Local Governments, these include supervision of project execution.
• Designing/setting out of plans of residential, Commercial and Industrial Layouts, in the 27 Local Governments.
• Estimating/setting out of Electrical projects, including supervision of execution of capital works.
• Estimating/setting out of water projects which include, Hand pumps, boreholes, water bone system and open well in the 27 Local Government Areas.
• Monitoring/Evaluation of progress of the approved capital project in all the 27 Local Government Areas.
• Signing of certificates of assessed projects in progress for subsequent pay in all the 27 Local Government Areas.
• Vetting and advice of estimate bill of quantities prepared by the Local Government works department.
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES
DEPARTMENTS:-

• Administration and Finance.
• Planning, Research and Statistics.
• Agric Services.
• Veterinary Services.
• Irrigation Engineering.
• Livestock Services.
• Agric Engineering.
• Fisheries Services.
 






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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
Baturiya Bird Sanctuary
Birnin Kudu Rock Painting
Hadejia Wetlands/Nguru Wetlands & Birds Sanctuary
Range Of Quasite Rocks

FESTIVALS AND CARNIVALS
Gani Durbar Festival