Monitoring activities in all sectors is important

It is essential for all ongoing activities in the various sectors of the economy to be closely monitored, so that the expected results are achieved.

Many a time, such activities are not well monitored, resulting in situations where the main purpose for which the activities took place are not realised. This practice is unfortunate and must be made to end immediately.

It takes resources to undertake various activities in the country whether in health, agriculture, education, trade, industry or others. If such activities are, therefore, not closely monitored, the end result may be waste of time and effort.

Monitoring is undertaken for various purposes. In the first place, monitoring helps us find out whether the objectives of a programme are attainable or not. If no monitoring takes place, this will not be known.

Secondly, monitoring is undertaken to ensure that resources are judiciously utilised. If the resources are not utilised in the right way, it will be a waste for the nation.

Thirdly, monitoring is necessary to ensure that right from the beginning, a programme being implemented has not changed its course or direction.

Another reason monitoring is important is that it helps us to know whether things have gone wrong after initial implementation. If things go wrong then, corrective measures can be taken, so that the right steps are brought on board and implemented to achieve the desired results.

It is for all these reasons that monitoring as an activity is important for all sectors of the economy.

Unfortunately, many activities that take place in the various sectors are not closely monitored, resulting in non-achievement of objectives.

Once the objectives are not achieved, it also means that the programme concerned has become a failure. We need to avoid such failures and maximise the use of our limited resources, so that the best results can always be achieved for the country.

Resources are always limited no matter how plentiful they may seem. Let us, therefore, put them to the best use through active monitoring.