Khadijah Aliyu
The partnership to engage reform and learn PERL has organized a close-out session after 100 months of intervention in Kano.
The partnership commenced intervention in Kano on 2nd May 2026, which ended on 7th September 2024 with particular emphasis on policy and strategy, public financial management, education health, and open governance partnership, among others.
Declaring the event open, the special guest of honour, who doubles as the secretary to the state government, Dr Baffa Bichi, explained that PERL had recorded tremendous 95% success in Kano.
He pointed out that PERL has catalyzed reforms across all sectors in addition to building partnerships for stakeholders in Kano.
“PERL has succeeded in turning the fortune of our civil servants to become more professional as the state is committed to Strengthening partnerships”
In his keynote address, the state commissioner of planning and budget MoPB Alhaji Musa Sulaiman Shanono stressed that PERL has championed reforms in many ways.
He maintained that Kano state’s budget will be more climate change friendly as the Ministry of Planning and Budget will do everything within its powers to capture that will uplift the state to international standard.
In his welcome address, the National program manager PERL represented by his deputy Moses Salami, said PERL is an eight-year program that works fundamentally through partners and partnerships in providing technical support to locally-led reform initiatives and processes.
According to him, PERL supports public sector reform in an adaptive and politically smart manner.
“functional M&E unit among others, safe space framework in education, emerging barriers to girls education, planning, policy-making, budget among others”
The state team lead, PERL ARC, Malam Auwal Hamza, highlighted that the technical interventions and success were achieved with collaboration with the state government.
“PERL championed the advocacy for a budget code for girls education in Kano, transition to an accurate digital system in data collection established robust M&E framework and Monitoring.
In his goodwill message, the team lead PLANE Kano Malam Umar Lawan, said “have worked closely with PERL to strengthen the governance of state education systems and are committed to advancing policy development and reform through a comprehensive approach that includes policy reviews, domestication, and evidence-based advocacy”
Goodwill messages were delivered by the chairman of the House Committee on Environment Kano State House of Assembly, Dr Musa Ali Kachako; the team lead PLANE Kano Malam Umar Lawan, UNICEF chief of field office Kano Rahma Rihood Muhammad Farah, represented by Fatima Musa.
Others are representatives from CHAI, DAI, dRPC, Propcom+ and the co-chair of CSO Kano accountability forum on education K-Safe, Dr. Auwal Halilu.
