Desk Review for DELT4SLOG I

A team of experts and officials of the Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group (Regional Accountability Centre) commenced a Budget Tracking Desk Review for the DELT4SLOG at Asaba, Delta State from the 9th to 13th of January 2012. Following a huge Desk Review (allocated project line) discovery as was exposed between the above dates of the assignment proper, a carry-over of the assignment was necessary for the Secretariat, with staff having to work extensively at covering 3,094 project(s) discovered during the (residential) Desk Review mentioned above but which could not be tabulated accordingly in Asaba for completion. Moreover, there were delays associated with the inability to secure Etche Local Government Budget 2010 for the Desk Review. As it stands, Etche Local Government Budget could not be accessed and this would necessitate the removal of that LGA from from the budget tracking. The fiscal documents of Isoko-South, Yenagoa and all the covering State(s) (Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers) was secured independently by NDEBUMOG with support and efforts of our allies and customary partners within the Niger Delta.