Governance is and should be totally about the people. The Coalition of CSOs Promoting Good Governance in Nigeria, COCPROGIN is a platform comprising of over 50 heads of Civil Societies and Non Governmental Organizations in Nigeria with the sole purpose of promoting Good governance in Nigeria.
As against the normal pattern of criticisms and attacks, the platform rather makes effective suggestions to governments and her partners at different levels for the benefits of the electorate; provide national orientation and engender patriotism and nationalism while commending the efforts of performing governments, organizations and individuals and providing them opportunities with our partners to share their experiences for the good of all.
In the foregoing, our focus in the past months has been on the activities of Governors in each of the geopolitical zones of the nation and our mapping was focused on the South South Zone. It has been discovered that Cross River State with the lowest allocation from the Federal Government to the region and one of the least in the federation has so far made a massive leap in transitioning from a civil cum tourism state to an industrial hub while also ensuring prompt payments of salaries, effective waste management and sustainable forest acts as well as a secured state.
Other areas of note as pursued aggressively by the state is in the area of Primary Health Care ensuring reduction in maternal and child mortality and ensuring access to basic health facilities across the state.Moreso, noble strides have been made in the area of revamping primary educational system in the state, from provision of basic infrastructure for conducive learning to rennovation and improving teachers skills and professionalism by trainings and employment of new staffs.
With a country over relying on proceeds from oil as a means of generating revenue Ayade's model if properly followed by other states will not only ensure food security but massive export and revenue generation for the country and state governments. From the rice mill factory, to a noodle factory, to the garment factory and a cocoa processing factory, Ayade has evolved a value chain for more jobs, money and food sufficiency and value addition while also initiating getting approvals for the state's deep seaport project.
Now on the report of abuse of office and human rights as alledged due to the trial of Agba Jalingo, our legal team led by Barr Omligbe mad her findings and came out with the following findings:
1. It is true that Agba Jalingo a journalist is currently undergoing trial.
2. The trial of Agba Jalingo is premised on his participation and as an ally of the #RevolutionNow originator Mr Sowore and protest against the Federal Government. The evidence of his participation and position is revealed from a simple Google search. His trial in Cross River State is also due to his heading the leadership of the party at the state level and his organizational role back here.
3. As seen in the court document it is not the Cross River State Government that brought the charges against Agba Jalingo but the Nigerian Police whose duty it is to maintain peace and order.
4. It is true that Agba has been a critic of both the state and federal government but the Cross River State Government is or has been open to constructive criticism and this is even evident by the support Agba and his allies in the media have been getting from the state government. It is interesting to note that several events as organized by Agba and other media platform in the state has received tremendous support and goodwill from the Cross River State government as derived from our independent and unbiased research and this too can be confirmed by anyone who painstakingly makes findings in this regard.
5. Cross River State Government has two press offices open to all media organizations within and outside the state both online and offline platforms. One is open to direct correspondents attached to the Chief Press Secretary Office and the other is a Press Corp office open to all journalists and information is openly shared and activities freely covered.
Therefore, it is in our opinion that Governor Ayade is doing well compared to the realities on ground due in part to the state's huge debt from inherited loans and lean allocation from the Federal Government. Ayade's quest for fighting poverty via knowledge acquisition and agricultural revolution is making advances in the evolving of a green economy in the state. He therefore should be supported in his quest to industrialize the state. Governor Ayade is indeed a believer in human rights and has a human disposition that has led to him christening this year's carnival as "humanity".
This piece therefore is an abridged version of our inveatigations to ensure the clarification of points and insinuations. Compared to other governor's of his region interms of practical innovation and the allocation accruing he is the best performing Governor and one of the best in the nation thus far. All negative projections should therefore be discarded and the secrets to his success replicated.
Hon Temitope Babalola Adeniyi
Converner and Founder Citizen's Enlightment Initiative, CEI
Com Sylvanus Akpan
Secretary, and Founder Forum of Ethnic Nationality For Progress, ForEFPro,
Mallam Danjuma Ismali
Publicity Secretary and Founder Project Youths Awakening Northern Nigeria
Cc:
Press
The High Commissioner
EU Commission, Nigeria and the UK
U.S Ambassador to Nigeria
5th November, 2019
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