- The Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR):- The Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR) has the overall responsibility for execution of the project, through a Project Management Unit (PMU) staffed with highly competent multi-disciplinary experts fully dedicated to implement the project. Other Institutional Arrangement includes: –
- The Project Steering Committee (PSC) :- The Project Steering Committee (PSC), is headed by the Permanent Secretary (PS), FMWR and ensures the oversight of the project. The PSC:
- Reviews and approves the Annual Work Program and Budget prepared by the PMU,
- Evaluates the PMU’s results and gives orientation for sound project implementation,
- Provides policy advice and carries out monitoring of operations, and
- Approves updates of the project’s various manuals.
- The Change Management Committee (CMC): – The Change Management Committee (CMC) is the emanation of the Inter-ministerial Project Preparation Team (IPPT); established during project preparatory stage. It will provide technical advice both to the Steering Committee as well as to the Project Management Unit (PMU). Aside from staff of FMWR it will include representatives of the following institutions: Federal Ministry of Finance, Federal Ministry of Environment, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Federal Ministry of Power, Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority, Hadejia-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority, and the Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority.
- The Project Management Unit (PMU): – The Project Management Unit (PMU) led by a Project Coordinator already includes, Water Resources Component Manager, an irrigation component manager, an environmental safeguards specialist, a social safeguards specialist, a procurement specialist and an accountant. Others include, an agribusiness specialist, a M&E specialist, a communications specialist, a data and information specialist, an Agronomist, an Agricultural Value- Chain Specialist, Project Accountant and an internal auditor with other support personnel. The PMU is in charge of the daily coordination, supervision and implementation of the project’s components. They will hire civil works firms, consulting firms and individuals, NGOs and various suppliers to carry out the different activities of the project. The PMU is working closely with the various Directorates of the FMWR including the Department of Irrigation and Drainage, the Department of Dams & Reservoir Operations, the Department of Planning, Research and Statistics (DPRS) and the Ministry Agencies and Parastatals.