00:20For years, nutrition policies in Nigeria looked great on paper,
00:26but lacked the funding for effective implementation.
00:30With the introduction of the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria project ANRIN,
00:37this is beginning to change.
00:40ANRIN strengthened public financial management systems to improve nutrition budgeting,
00:46incorporating a national taxonomy and framework for nutrition budget tracking across all sectors
00:54and levels of government.
01:03We now initiated a financial system framework that will guide us to give capacity to all
01:12relevant stakeholder MDAs on what we call budget tagging.
01:17That framework is on grant for budget tagging so that each MDAs will be able to know what
01:23are we talking about budget tagging, how do you tag budgets that are relevant to nutrition
01:28in your various MDAs?
01:29Critically, at the budget office, one of the things we did to take that further was to include
01:35in the budget called Circular, a paragraph that clearly, or a section if you like, that clearly,
01:43you know, articulates how MDAs are expected to prioritize and clearly outline their nutrition
01:50intervention plans.
01:52The budget is prepared on a platform called GIFMIS.
01:56The GIFMIS platform is an information management system wherein MDAs are key in their interventions
02:03or projects in a manner that we can then collate at the budget office level before it's sent
02:11to Mr. President to transmit to the National Assembly.
02:14Now, the GIFMIS has various codes and we have advised MDAs to use the relevant codes in reporting
02:22or in tagging or allocating funds to their respective nutrition intervention.
02:29Now, the importance of that is that it allows the ease of running a report on the total spend around
02:40nutrition.
02:41It is easy to look at the entirety of the allocations to these sectors, but not all of that is
02:50geared towards nutrition.
02:51So, in specificity, the target or the approach of government largely has been to ensure that these interventions
03:00are put under a certain code on GIFMIS while the budget is being prepared and uploaded to allow for ease
03:07of tracking.
03:08Now, it is important because what you can't track, you can't measure, right?
03:14And the reality is the advocates for this tracking have been very clear so that we can see the progress
03:22we're making
03:22and to see whether, you know, there's value for money or whether what we're spending is translating to the kind
03:29of results we expect to see.
03:30Federal and state governments also gained the ability to allocate available resources.
03:36Using the Optima Allocative Efficiency Analysis Tool,
03:39government can identify priority interventions that deliver the greatest impact within available resources.
03:47Federal and state governments can now better allocate resources for nutrition by following a systematic approach.
03:55This process starts with creating an evidence-based plan, costing it, mobilizing resources, and budgeting properly.
04:06It also focuses on using funds efficiently and evaluating results.
04:12Guided by national plans, evidence, fiscal realities, and smart benchmarks,
04:20and with the help of the Optima Efficiency Tool,
04:24governments can identify priority interventions that deliver the greatest impact within available resources.
04:33Across states, governments are now integrating nutrition directly into their plans.
04:40This means homegrown interventions are designed with and for the communities in mind.
04:47The culmination of nutrition financing efforts is aggregated in sustainable financing frameworks
04:55that provide a long-term benchmark for federal and state nutrition needs.
05:01The effort did not stop here, but ensured that two indigenous universities,
05:07the Africa Center of Excellence for Population Health and Policy at Bayero University, Kano,
05:15and Covenant University in Otta, Ogun State, have academics who are well versed in these approaches.
05:23This is the beginning of an effort at indigenization.
05:29Working with Aaron and the World Bank, they came up with this tagging.
05:33So they trained some of our teams here, and we took it over.
05:38And so now, it's not a work of World Bank anymore.
05:43It's now we that we are driving, working with the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, to drive it.
05:50So I think that point is important to note because of sustainability.
05:56World Bank is not going to be funding you forever.
05:58So it's not like them doing it now, but where there are gaps in our knowledge,
06:02they can help us fill.
06:04They don't have to go to the state to do it.
06:06We do it ourselves.
06:08Through data tools, states can now prioritize the most impactful nutrition interventions and spending smartly.
06:19Budget tagging is more than just an accounting exercise.
06:23It is a commitment.
06:26A commitment to transparency, accountability, and delivering results.
06:31When paired with allocative efficiency, it becomes a pledge to spend better.
06:39The mantra that has guided the World Bank's nutrition financing engagements are
06:45more money for nutrition and more nutrition for the money.
06:51Sustainable nutrition financing is the foundation for a stronger national nutrition program.
06:59By tagging, allocating resources efficiently, prioritizing nutrition in budgets, and tracking performance,
07:09the ANRIN project is working to ensure a future where every child, every mother, and every community thrives.
07:20Acknowledging the strong leadership of the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning,
07:25with special thanks to the Nigeria Governors' Forum, states and local governments across Nigeria,
07:32and with thanks to all ANRIN partners dedicated to advancing sustainable nutrition financing.
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