- Five south east governors have begun the implementation of Open Government Partnership (OGP)
- The OGP is a reform programme aimed at making the various governments more inclusive and accountable
- The workshop, which will hold for two days, will be held in Awka, Anambra
The South-East Governors Forum (SEGF) has organised a workshop for Open Governance Partnership (OGP) Desk Officers in the states of the region.
The workshop which was opened on Monday was organised in collaboration with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) under its Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL)) programme in Awka.
The programme was geared towards reviewing the extent to which OGP has been implemented in the participating states, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
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Declaring the two-day workshop open, Prof. Simon Ortuanya, Director General of SEGF said OPG was meant to make governments in the region more inclusive, responsive and accountable.
Ortuanya said the states represented at the training programme had developed action plans and set up steering committees that were fully compliant with the co-creation principle of the OGP initiative.
He said SEGF had been providing peer-learning support and guidance to enable states in the region understand and effectively navigate the OGP process.
The director-general advised the desk officers that this was time to start implementing the commitments contained in the action plans in their various ministries, departments and agencies.
Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu have signed on while Imo has yet to join the OGP programme in the region.
According to him, the training is to deepen their understanding of the OGP initiative, provide an overview of their responsibilities.
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“It will also help them to identify specific activities they need to implement to ensure that the MDAs implement relevant commitments in their state action plan,’’ he said.
He thanked the DFID-PERL for its enduring partnership with the forum.
In her address of welcome, Ucheoma Egwuatu, the Reform Manager of DFID-PERL for SEGF commended SEGF for embracing the programme.
Egwuatu observed that OGP was already operational in Kano and Jigawa states
She also lauded the forum for facilitating the training programme within the short period of their existence, adding that the reforms would yield better results with a view to ensuring good governance.
OGP was launched in 2011 by the United Nations to provide an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making their governments more open, accountable, and responsive to citizens.
Legit.ng earlier reported that southeast governors disagreed with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)’s statement that the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, was safe for use.
The governors said that the airport is not safe as there are no runway lights, the tarmac is bumpy with potholes, while one of the buildings destroyed by storm for over two years has become an eyesore.
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