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NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION |
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| The National Centre for Economic Management and Administration N.C.E.M.A. is a training and policy research institute established by the Federal Government of Nigeria in May 1986 as parastatal under the then Federal Ministry of Planning and Budget, now called the National Planning Commission. The existence of the Centre was formalized with the promulgation of Decree 51 of 1989 by the Federal Government. | |||||
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The primary mandate of the Centre is to provide
in-service or post-experience training for economic planners, budget
officers, policy advisers and project managers on a continuous basis
so that, at each point in time, each ministry or agency at the federal,
state and local government levels and even the private sector would
be equipped with a core of officers who have the requisite technical
and managerial skills for effective planning and budgeting.
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The training is also to provide a good understanding
of the policies of government as well as the framework for their design
and the capacity to monitor the implementation of policies and projects
so as to enhance the quality of economic management. The training is
provided through short in-service courses such as training programmes,
workshops and seminars.
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Apart
from providing short courses, the Centre also undertakes policy research
and provides co
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Prior
to the establishment of the Centre, the training of Nigerian public
officers in economic management was undertaken in overseas institutions,
one of which is the Economic Development Institute (EDI) of the World
Bank, Washington, D.C. In order to domesticate the training, the EDI
was very much instrumental to the take-off of the NCEMA as it provided
resource persons and heavy logistic support for the first set of training
programmes delivered by the Centre.
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