STATUTORY FUNCTIONS/DUTIES OF THE PLANNING, RESEARCH AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, MINISTRY OF WORKS AND TRANSPORT, EBONYI STATE.

PREAMBLE:

The Planning, Research and Statistics Department is a service and core department in every ministry in Ebonyi state and in the nation generally.

The department acts as a hob around which other departments in the ministry revolve.

The PRS department consists of three (3) units namely: Project/Program Planning unit, Research Unit and Statistics Unit, all working harmoniously to achieve our set objective.

STATUTORY FUNCTIONS:

The Planning, Research and Statistics department performs the following functions:

1. Project planning and implementation.
2. Project/program monitoring/evaluation.

• Statistical data gathering and analysis.

1. Carrying out research on operational matters affecting the Ministry
2. Preparing progress report on the implementation of capital projects.
3. Handles the preparation of the Ministry’s Annual Capital Budget.

• The PRS department is the secretariat of the Ministerial Tenders board and communicates the bidding process.
• The department also acts as the secretariat of the Direct Labour committee.

1. Liaise with other establishments on matter concerning project/program implementation in the Ministry.
2. And handles every other duties assigned to the Department by the authority of the Ministry from time to time.