The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy &
Development has concluded plans to host the Stewardship Accountability Forum
(National Town Hall Meeting) on day 4 of the week which is Thursday, 10th May
2018 in Abuja, reports ITRealms.
The national town hall meeting, ITRealms gathered is the with support
from the MacArthur Foundation, on the heels of activities to mark the Global
Open Government Partnership (OGP) week holding from 7th to 11th May 2018.
According to the Programmes Coordinator and OGP Focal Person
of the Centre, Mr. Uchenna Arisukwu, this forum has been designed to give a
broad spectrum of citizens, including the Civil Society Organisation (CSO),
private sector, media among others the avenue to engage policymakers and duty
bearers to render stewardship on the work they are doing around the 14
commitments of Nigeria’s National Action Plan on the Open Government
Partnership and to make demands on how they are making the governance process
open, transparent and accountable.
As said by him, a high-level panel comprising the Secretary
to the Federal Government Mr. Boss Mustapha, the Head of Service, Mrs Winifred
Oyo-Ita, the Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, The
Solicitor-General of the Federation, Barrister Dayo Akpata, and Dr. Garba
Abari, Director-General of the National Orientation Agency will be on hand to
engage and interact with citizens drawn from across the Country on the efforts
the government is making on the OGP.
The Global OGP Week is a period for Open Government
Practitioners from around to come together to share ideas, discuss solutions
and commit to new levels of citizen participation in government. As well as
evaluate progress made on their National Action Plans of respective countries.
The statement further enjoined Nigerian citizens to follow
the event on social media to engage and interact with the panel.
#OpenGovWeek
#OGPNigeria #OGPOpenNigeria
Nenye Dom/ED, Ops
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