LASGOBIG ENGAGES MINISTRIES OVER SANWO-OLU 2 YEARS ACHIEVEMENT

Gbenga Adewale

Lagos status governance builders independent group organized governance performance evaluation to celebrate Governor Babajide sanwo-olu two year in office
Which was recently held at Radisson blue Hotel GRA ikeja.

While speaking at the event the Convener of the group Mr. Emmanuel Amuwo expressed that the initiative is the first of its kinds in Lagos state so as to create a synergy between the government and the people in order to allow them to listen to Government and get feedback.

He further said that it was creative for this group to reason that the idea is a collective effort that government cannot do it alone to achieve a greater Lagos if the human beings demanded responses were not met while he was speaking on the theme of the evaluating programme “Public Trust As A Vital Tool Towards Achieving a Greater Lagos”.

He said that the intention was to secure their future and have been gathered to be presented in every quarter of the year by updating the public with a hopeful and reliable government achievements that is reported by the whole ministries.

A representative from the Ministry of Agric, Mr. Emmanuel Audi presented a paper on what Lagos had prepare to achieve by the end of year 2025 on the provision of sustainable food production as well as empowered about 7,007 youth and women across the several value chains. He said also that Governor in his effort to reduce rate of unemployment in the state shall release and distribute fish finders by the 29th of July 2021.

A representative of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF), AG Head of Strategy, Mr. Fijo Wisdom said Lagos State has provided loans of 250,000 naira for Lagos business men and women and over 2,900 jobs have been created for lagosians since the month of May 29 .

The Director of Youth Dept.of the Ministry of Youth and Social development, Mrs. Taiwo Fibisola said the ministry has been able to sensitize about 50 schools in Lagos on drugs abuse and created youth centres all across the state. She informed the audience that the Governor has approved the borehole installation the Epe youth requested and always engaged the youth in town hall meeting by the Lagos State Youth parliament.

Dr. Alabi Kazeem of the Ministry of Health said that the government is very much concerned with making healthcare accessible to the good citizenry by engaging more healthcare workers

One of the Evaluators, Group Managing Director of Ashnalid, Mr.Gbenga Adebija said that with the scorecard presented for over 22 million lagosians by the few featured ministries that Lagos work is commendable as they accepted the group invitation in a short time.

He stated however that the evaluation programme designed by the group was done all over the world in well developed geographical one where governance is more advance with more higher standard and ensure that there is a social contract between the government and the populace whereby there is an independent assessment of how government has performed in terms of mandate and all the electoral promises which they made to get into offices.

Other featured evaluators were Mrs Jumoke Lawoyin and Mrs Gbemisola Osadua and group of entertainer.