Establish and strengthen nutrition financial tracking mechanism.

The Ministry of Finance in collaboration with the National Planning Commission (NPC) commits to establishing a nutrition financing mechanism and operationalise it to track and monitor the year-wise allocation and expenditure of the nutrition budget across six sectoral ministries, at seven provinces, and at all 753 local levels for the Multisector Nutrition Plan III (MSNP-III) to monitor their efficiency of budgetary resource utilisation. This includes strengthening the government’s existing Budget Management Information System and Financial Management Information System and advocating for establishing a nutrition budget code. Progress will be monitored under the leadership of NPC in coordination with Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration through annual financial tracking assessment of nutrition budget allocation and expenditure across six sectoral ministries, seven provinces, and 753 local levels using the strengthened Budget Management Information System and Financial Management Information System. A midterm review in 2027 and a final evaluation in 2030 will be conducted to assess the effectiveness of the nutrition financing mechanism and nutrition budget code in improving resource allocation and expenditure efficiency.