By Peter Duru, Makurdi

All is now set for the unveiling of winners of the maiden Nigerian Good Governance Award, NGGA, 2023/2024 to Nigerians, following the conclusion of the independent assessment of the would be awardees.

Making this known Tuesday, the Programme Manager of the Nigerian Good Governance Award, Mrs. Mimi Adzape-Orubibi explained that the NGGA, an initiative of Markolima Consultancy Academy, MACA, would be bestowing awards on 54 personlaities holding public offices in the country.

According to her, “the category of public office holders targeted to be awarded in this maiden edition includes; Seven Best Performing Governors, Nine Ministers, 12 Senators, 21 House of Representatives members and five Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies.”

She explained that “the Best Performing Governors award category will look at the impact of government policies on security, education, healthcare and social welfare, infrastructure development, youth and women empowerment amongst others.

“That of Ministers will x-ray the implementation of government  programmes, policies, and initiatives by the Ministers in their respective ministries .

“While the category of the National Assembly members will focus on impacts on their constituencies in the area of constituency projects , number of bills and motions on the floor and empowerment schemes by the legislators.”

The Programme Manager stated that the necessary independent assessment of the awardees had already been dispassionately concluded noting that “MACA is a consultancy center for leadership, a non political organisation that seeks to partner with government agencies and institutions to among others, promote an accountable and transparent governance system.”

She said MACA is also out to “train and  facilitate citizens’ participation in the decision-making process. To facilitate an improved and effectively free, fair, and transparent electoral process. To improve the organizational structure and capacity of the Good Governance Awareness Initiative, GGAI.”

And also “to encourage and reward public office holders who have used their positions and offices to deliver democracy dividends and have impacted positively on the society.”

While commending President Bola Tinubu for providing a roadmap for a new Nigeria, Mrs. Adzape-Orubibi noted that “in life we must accept to take risk because life itself is a risk so we believe his economic reforms will impact positively on Nigeria in a the long run.”