In its bid to improve the 2017 budget process, the federal government held a 3-day workshop in Lagos on strategic planning, plan implementation and effective linkage to the budgeting process for civil servants. The event brought together budget, planning, research and statistics officers responsible for the preparations of sector strategies, plans and budget in the federal ministries and agencies to deliberate the requirement for ensuring a successful implementation of a strategic plan. Mrs. Nana Fatima Mede, the Permanent Secretary, federal ministry of budget and national planning told participants that the country’s fiscal policies must change to ensure that expenditure is linked to sound strategy for maximum impact on the common man on the street. The Director-General, Centre for Management Development, (CMD), Dr Kabir Kabo, said at the end of the workshop, participants will be able to use strategic planning techniques to identify impelling and impeding forces in planning to prod...