Strategic Development

The House Committee on Commerce 2023 - 2027 Strategic Plan was developed on the platform of setting up a team made up of the Consultants/Resource persons, Committee members, the Legislative Assistant to the Chairman, and the Clerk of the Committee coordinated by the Chairman, House Committee on Commerce Rt. Hon (Engr) Ahmed Munir, who facilitated the whole process.

Strategic Plan

This Strategic Plan is prepared for the House Committee on Commerce in the discharge of its legislative and oversight functions and will begin to run from the Year 2023 – 2027.

Pillars
Components

Strategic Pillars, Objectives, And Outcomes

The strategic plan is framed around six (6) pillars: legislative and oversight functions, business process automation, excellence in service delivery, public trust and enhanced stakeholders' management, capacity strengthening, and promoting climate resilience commerce.

Delivery of effective and efficient MDAs whose operations promote

Legislative and Oversight Functions

This strategic pillar focuses on the effectiveness of Committee members of the House Standing Committee on Commerce to be able to discharge their constitutional mandate with legislative awareness and professional competence in the area of legislative drafting, budgetary formulation, investigative hearing and successful implementation of the budget in line with the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other relevant Acts of the National Assembly that has to do with the activities of the Ministry or Agency in question.

Increase efficiency in Nigeria's commerce sector and enhance global participation

Business Process Automation

This Strategic pillar focuses on transforming the Business process of the ministries and the Agencies under the committee's purview to become fully automated. It is a careful and systematic approach to enhance automation and digitalisation of the systems and processes fundamental to developing commerce, trade, and investment in Nigeria. This aligns with the global adjustment to e-trading, e-commerce, m-commerce, e-payment, and e-collection business approach.

Institutionalization of Performance management system in the MDAs

Excellence in Service Delivery

This pillar focuses on how the House Committee on Commerce can successfully work with the ministries and agencies under her jurisdiction to deliver their statutory responsibilities without compromise and ensure that Nigerians and trading partners within and outside the country always enjoy excellent service.

Enhanced Stakeholders’ engagement in legislative business for better performance.

Public Trust for Enhanced Stakeholders’ Management

This pillar focuses on the strategies the House Committee on Commerce can adopt to change the country's negative public perception of political institutions and ofceholders and improve stakeholders' engagement and participation in legislative business.

Building capacity for consistent improvement in productivity and overall performance.

Capacity Strengthening

This pillar focuses on the need to strengthen the capacity and the capability of the members of the committee, secretariat staff, management, and staff of all the MDAs under the jurisdiction of the Committee through regular training, retreats, and conferences within and outside the country for them to be able to undertake their statutory task and deliver on the assigned goals and objectives.

Mainstream Climate Action, mitigation, and adaptation strategies in supporting commerce and sustainable economic growth

Promoting Climate Resilience Commerce (CRC)

In line with the African Union Agenda 2063 and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this pillar focuses on the best approach to combating the effects of climate change on commerce and trade through collaborative efforts with the Government, private sector, and donor partners, fostering commercial industry that is climate-resilient, meets the needs of the present generation without destroying the ability of the future generation to enjoy same.

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