ANNEX: COMMITTEE'S VISIT PROGRAMME IN
NIGERIA
The Committee visited Nigeria from 11-18 June 2009.
Members participating: Malcolm Bruce (Chairman),
Hugh Bayley, Mr Virendra Sharma, Mr Marsha Singh, Andrew Stunell
Accompanied by: Carol Oxborough (Clerk); Ben Williams
(Assistant Clerk)
Lagos
Thursday 11 June
Briefing from DFID and FCO officials
Meeting with Ben Akabueze, Lagos State Commissioner
for Economic Planning and Budget
Visit to Land Registry project
Meeting with Professor Akin Mabogunje, Chair of the
Lagos Mega-City Development Authority
Friday 12 June
Visit to urban HIV/AIDS project in Ketu
Field visit through Lagos on new City Bus and briefing
on the transport sector from Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport
Authority (LAMATA)
Visit to Obalende urban community regeneration project
Meeting with the Enhancing Financial Innovation and
Access for the Poor (EFINA) project
Meeting with Programme Managers of DFID-funded programmes
in Lagos
Kano State
Saturday 13 June
Visit to Tiga Dam (water resource management)
Field visit to rice parboilers and millers rural
livelihoods project in Karfi village (part of DFID's Promoting
Pro-Poor Opportunities through Commodity and Service Markets programme)
Kano city
Sunday 14 June
Field visit to Thamarul Qur'an Islamiyya School
Field visit to Market Division Community Policing
Project
Dinner briefing from Programme Managers of DFID-funded
programmes in Northern Nigeria
Monday 15 June
Meeting with the Kano Deputy State Governor and State
Commissioners
Field visit to Garun Mallam primary health care facility
Abuja
Tuesday 16 June
Meeting with Dr Shamsuddeen Usman, Federal Minister
for National Planning
Meeting with Professor Humphrey Asobie, Chairman
of the Board of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative (NEITI)
Meeting with Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, Federal
Minister for Health
Meeting with Dr Mansur Muhtar, Federal Minister of
Finance
Wednesday 17 June
Meeting with Amina Az-Zubair, Senior Special Assistant
to the President on the Millennium Development Goals
Meeting with Chairs of the National Assembly House
Committees on Donors and Inter-Parliamentary Relations
Roundtable meeting with civil society organisations
Dinner briefing from Donor Partners: African Development
Bank, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), IMF, UN
Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank
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