A
comparative performance analysis of governors in Nigeria carried
out by Lagos-based Centre for International Advanced and Professional
Studies, CIAPS, has rated Governors Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Abdulaziz
Yari (Zamfara), Idris Wada (Kogi), Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe) and Dave Umahi
(Ebonyi) as the worst performing governors in the country.
This
is as Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna and his Sokoto counterpart,
Aminu Tambuwal were rated as the first and second best performing
governors with 72 per cent and 64 per cent, respectively.
In
a statement issued on Friday by the CIAPS Coordinator, Mr. Olumuyiwa
Ayoola, the report noted that the variables used as indexes for
performance were “mathematically calculated.”
Ayoola stated that the variables had been skewed to place emphasis on “payment of salary, new projects,
education, security and leadership by example.”
According to him, activities of each state governor were monitored and studied from their first day in office
and the findings were graded and compared to that of fellow governors across the country.
The
statement noted that in October, the CGPI results showed that Emmanuel,
Yari, Wada, Geidam and Umahi were the least performing governors in the
country.
The CGPI report indicated that the five governors finished in the bottom places with not more than a score of 35 per cent.
The
CIAPS Director and the CGPI Chair, Prof. Anthony Kila, while commenting
on the study, said that the, “CGPI is a useful tool for democracy and
good governance as it allows government to be objectively measured
against their peers and compels all in power to be mindful of
accountability.
“The variables used for measuring governors performance this month (October) takes into account that
most of the state governors are new to office while some have been there for a longer period of time.”
Kila
said he hoped that the CGPI monthly reports would allow governors to
sit up, improve their performances during their tenure and engage in
healthy competition among themselves for the benefit of their states and
the country as a whole.
The study tagged, ‘Governors Performance
Index,’ is a monthly performance review of what governors across the
country are doing in their offices.
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