Table 5: Results from States and Local Government Areas (LGAs) Geo-Political Zones states Local Government Areas Results North West Kaduna Makarfi Giwa Zaria Kajuru Kagarko Kachia Total = 6 LGAs i. LEEDS document has not been produced by the Local Government Councils in Kaduna State. ii. The Local Government Councils’ routine and statutory functions are geared towards poverty eradication and improving the standards of living of the rural populace. iii. Centres for continuous education and skills acquisition as well as centres for nomadic education exist at the local council level. Katsina Batagarawa Batsari Charanchi Danja Daura Jibia Katsina Kusado Malunfashi Musawa Kankika Rimi Total = 12 LGAs i. The Local Government Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (LEEDS) is yet to take off at the local government level. Although the local government councils have their own Poverty Alleviation Programme which are already adopted as LEEDS. ii.The development programmes running at the local government level presently have improved the welfare of the people at the grassroot. iii. The State’s Economic Empowerment Development Strategy (SEEDS) has greatly reduced the crime rate in the State through the provision of job opportunities for the abled, disabled, youth and adults in the State. iv. Almost all the local government councils have Development Centres but they are either under-utilized or under-developed for the citizens to acquire qualitative skills.
influence, and files do not move without being pushed with inducements. Our public offices have for too long been showcases for the combined evils of inefficiency and corruption, whilst being impediments to effective implementation of government policies. Nigerians deserve better. And we will ensure that they get what is better. (Part of an Address presented by Mr. President while inaugurating the National Assembly in June, 2003). The scenario is better demonstrated via the report of Transparency International as displayed in the table below. Table 8: TI’s Corruption Perception Index Ranking of Nigeria (1996-2009) Year Rank out of a No. of Countries 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 54 out of 54 52 out of 52 81 out of 85 98 out of 99 90 out of 90 90 out of 91 101 out of 102 132 out of 133 144 out of 146 152 out of 158 150 out of 163 - 121 out of 180 130 out of 180 Source: Compiled from the Annual Corruption perception index of Transparency International. This Day Newspaper (Online), November, 2009. Mr. Vice-Chancellor Sir,from the above table, it is clear that for over 11 years (1996-2006), Nigeria was adjudged the most corrupt nation on earth thrice, 1996, 1997 and 2000; and was ranked last but one, four times, in 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2003. There is hardly any other country that has
attributable mostly to late Professor Olugbemi. His memory remains evergreen in my mind. My late father, Chief (Hon) P. O. Maduabum. He was a “bundle of wisdom”; little wonder he foresaw, early enough, the benefit of education while in an environment in which education was minimally emphasized. He thus invested a lot in seeing me through early formative education, thereby providing the basic foundation upon which my current academic and, by implication, career height, is attained. Dr. I. B. Mmuobosi, (now late) provided the mentoring needed in ASCON when it mattered most. My No. 1 constituency – the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), small as it appears provides the platform for a serious minded person to progress in whatever desired direction. What with its library acknowledged as the biggest and best management library in Africa. Interactions in that institution brought me closer to Professor Adele Jinadu the then Director-General, whom I had earlier met in Unilagduring my student days,; Deacon A. A. Peters, the current Director-General, a friend and my mate at ASCON, my other Ogas – late Mike Durodola, Mr. B. O. Oshionebo, Dr. M. J. Balogun (former Director-General), then contemporaries Dr. Jimmy Chijioke, Alhaji Ahmed Musa etc. The University of Lagos (another constituency) through the Department of Political Science invited me soon after earning a Ph.D degree in Public Administration in 1990 to assist it run the Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree programme. I had served in the capacity of Adjunct Academic Staff ever since and rose to the position of Adjunct Professor. During this period, I interacted with ProfessorsOyeOyediran, MuyibiAmoda (CosmorgenicDemurje), S. O. Olugbemi (late), RemiAnifowose, TundeBabawale(erstwhile CEBAAC Director-General) Tomori, Solomon Akinboye (current HOD, Political Science Department and my Boss), Makanju former Dean, Social Science Faculty; Drs. BrowneOnuoha, DerinOlogbenla, my Ph.D classmates – Professor Iyaboolojede, Dr. JideOluwajuitan, Dr. M. M Fadakinte etc. My products
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