The government is preparing to roll out a monitoring dashboard to track national projects in real-time, Minister of Public Service and Government Efficiency Zulfikar Ally has announced.
The initiative was first revealed by President Dr Irfaan Ali in November 2025. He had explained that among other things, the initiative was intended to flag issues such as overpayments in government projects.
Minister Ally, during a national stakeholders forum on Tuesday, said the digital platform has been developed by the National Data Management Authority (NDMA).
“As a government, it is very difficult-our country is very large. We have projects in all ten regions, some in very remote and outlying communities that are difficult to access. Not only are they difficult to reach, but it is also very expensive to get there,” he said.
“However, public funds are being spent in every region in Guyana, no matter where it is. President Ali felt that we needed to improve how we monitor what is happening and how we are spending money, and we needed to do it in a way that does not require us to spend more money just to track our own work. So, we developed a dashboard with the help of the very good people at the NDMA, whom I must congratulate, along with his team, for all the excellent work they have done.”
The Oversight Monitoring Dashboard provides a comprehensive view of government projects across all sectors. According to him, the system allows officials to monitor projects in any region.
Ally noted that previously, officials relied on spreadsheets and paper-based reports to track project progress, which was often time-consuming.
“Previously, if you asked what was happening with or what the status was of the road being built in various regions, you would be given an Excel document or spreadsheet showing how many kilometers of road had been completed, how much money had been spent, and the contractor involved. You would be looking at it on paper. That is not what we have now.”
The system, the minister noted, also enhances accountability among public officers, as project updates must be consistently recorded on the dashboard. He said failure to do so becomes immediately visible within the system, helping to identify gaps in performance and ensuring greater diligence in reporting.
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