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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