• Coordination of all matters of economic planning for the Ministries.
  • Formulating plans and policies and devising methods for periodic reviews and examination of all such plans and Policies at the sectoral and sub-sectoral levels. These include among others the preparation of medium-term development plans and other policy documents. Pilot and issue Based Projects.
  • Coordination of the preparation and implementation of annual budgets of the Ministry.
  • Project/Programme development, monitoring, and evaluation in the overall socio-economic development of the Ministry;
  • Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting on projects and program implementation in the Ministry and the local-Government Council viz-a-viz the overall annual budgets of the Ministry;
  • Serving as the Department responsible for enforcing "Due process" in the Ministry as it relates to Contract Procedures for Projects and Procurement.
  • Liaison with other State and National Agencies responsible for Economic Planning matters, including among others Directorate of Budget and Economics.
  • Planning, National Planning Commission, National Bureau for Statistics (Including its State Office), etc;
  • Constant collection and processing of data and statistics relating to socioeconomic Planning in the Ministry
  • Management of the Ministry Information resources (data bank, computer service, and library).