Champions for change has recently released the 2016 Midwives Service Scheme (MSS) Budget Transparency Scorecard Released

 

In accordance with the medium term expenditure framework 2014 -2016 and the 2017 - 2019 released recently and the 2016 budget call circular, the federal government has inculcated the principle of transparency and public participation in the budget process to improve budget performance. This scorecard measures budget transparency in Midwives service scheme budget in line with the principles mentioned above. It was generated by analyzing information from 2016 executive budget proposal, appropriation act and documents relevant to fund releases, score were further reviewed and validated by civil society organizations and the media

 

 

According to the report received by Nursingworld Nigeria, the total MSS Budget was N1,061,256,144. The NPHCDA Recurrent Budget was N2,050,738,213. The Percentage of MSS Budget to NPHCDA Recurrent Budget was 51.7%

 

Colour coding keys were used as follows

GREEN (75 - 100%) Best Practice

YELLOW (50 - 74%) Target is on track to be achieved

RED (Less than 50%) Inadequate