The Leadership and Senior Management staff of the Ministry of Finance began a three-day strategic management retreat on Thursday, 15th January 2026.
The retreat is to review the achievements and challenges of 2025. It also examines the ministry’s strategic plan for 2024–2026.
In his opening statement, Financial Secretary Matthew Dingie welcomed his colleagues from the ministry, noting that the retreat aims to re-examine the ministry’s performance, as well as that of the departments, and strategise for the new year 2026.
He further noted that although 2025 was somewhat challenging, by the end of the year, the economic management team had met almost all its macroeconomic targets. He therefore commended the staff of the Ministry of Finance and other institutions in the economic management team for their effort in ensuring they meet benchmarks and targets with development partners that have the potential to open more avenues for additional resources.
Matthew Dingie also mentioned that it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance to mobilise needed resources to fund government programmes and projects. He said that is why they selected the theme for the retreat: “Repositioning the Ministry of Finance to Enhance Domestic Revenue Mobilisation for Sustainable Economic Stability and Service Delivery”.
He admonished directors to come up with policies and programmes for 2026 that can impact the overall government’s Big Five agenda.
Deputy Minister of Finance I, Kadiatu Allie, noted that the retreat should be a period of reflection on the achievements, challenges and how to improve on them. She added that the retreat should help in strengthening the leadership on accountability and transparency as well as assess the gains on budget credibility and processes, debt management, revenue mobilisation, deepen financial and macroeconomic reforms, expenditure management and call for impactful social spending on education, health, agriculture and Local councils.
The three-day retreat covers presentations on the attributes of good leadership and professionalism, by Consultant Modupe Taylor-Pearce, the revised Civil Service Code and Rules, review of the Strategic plan, economic programmes with partners and other administrative issues
