By Loretta B Manele

The Ministry of Provincial Government and Institutional Strengthening (MPGIS) is taking strides in capacitating its committees and provincial officers.

Wayne Gemu, minister for MPGIS talked about this when he contributed to the Sine Die Motion in parliament.

He highlighted that from January to December 2024, his ministry through World Bank’s (IDA) International Development Association project, released about 2.1 million to provincial governments.

Gemu said the money from this project was geared towards training for members of ward development committees.

He mentioned that of the 1500 members that have been trained this year, 320 of them are females.

Gemu said these trainings were carried out by province-based officers.

The member of parliament for Simbo/Ranongga constituency expressed that the training catered to all provincial levels.

Gemu said the officers were trained in areas namely; climate change, adaptation, risk, disaster risk management, procurement, participatory planning, public finance, development planning and computerized accounting.