The 3rd Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Association of Evaluators held at the Rockview Hotel Royale, Abuja, on Monday 25th March, 2019. In attendance were the Board of Trustees, Election, Committee, Australian Evaluation Association, UNICEF, UNDP, World Bank and financial members of the Association. The meeting was presided over bythe former Minister of National Planning and chairman of the NAE Board ofTrustees, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman, CON, who welcomed members to the meeting andcommended the passion, resilience and commitment of members on the remarkableprogress the Association has made so far. According to the Director,National Monitoring & Evaluation Department of the Ministry of Budget &National Planning, Dr. Zakariya’u Lawal, the department saw a need and bridgedthe gap by bringing all existing Monitoring and Evaluation Associationstogether under one umbrella Association with the support of the United NationsChildren’s Education Fund (UNICEF) who provided consistent support forprogrammes and activities of the Association including the registration of theAssociation with the Corporate Affairs Commission. The out-going Interim President,Mallam Aliyu Aminu Ahmed also gave an overview of activities of the Associationsince inception and thanked all committees who have worked tirelessly for thesuccess of the Association. He noted that the Association has gone throughvarious challenges but the support of the Federal Government, Ministry ofBudget and National Planning as well as UNICEF, has helped to transform andinstitutionalize the Association. The Election Committee Chairman,Dr. Temilola Visser-Mabogunje thereafter announced the results of the electionsheld via electronic voting. The NewExecutive Committee are The newly elected President of theAssociation thanked members for their attendance at the AGM and solicited theirsupport for the new executive committee. The Vice President also gave the voteof thanks and wished everyone journey mercies back to their various locations. Signed by Adeola Awogbemi National Publicity Secretary