SENATOR Ken Nnamani, Chairman of the National Steering Committee (NSC) on the Second Peer Review of Nigeria, says the country has made progress in various ways despite the Boko Haram insurgency.
He said this on Friday in Abuja while addressing stakeholders at the validation workshop of the Draft Country Self-Assessment Report for Nigeria’s second African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
Nnamani said that the mechanism offered the opportunity for Nigeria to assess its progress and governance.
“It is important to note that the National Steering Committee worked very hard and discovered in the process that the nation has actually progressed notwithstanding the attendant challenges of Boko Haram and similar insurgents.
“This concept of peer review mechanism is peculiar to our continent where countries are willingly subjected to peers to come and assess how the country is performing.
“All this is aimed at stabilising governance and stimulating good governance.’’
He said Nigeria was one of the countries that had opened itself up to be assessed through the review in order to boos its democracy.
Reports state that the NSC was inaugurated on May 14, 2013 to perform oversight functions on behalf of the national focal point on APRM.
This is with a view to submitting a credible and reliable periodic report on Nigeria, liaise with NEPAD and consultants on the implementation of national plan of action since 2008.
It is to also identify and suggest ways of addressing deficits in the areas of focus in the review process, among others.
In his keynote address, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, whose office is the national focal point for APRM, said development was about the people and not just objects.
Anyim, who was represented by Mr. Ferdinand Agu, said that the APRM was about sharing of ideas on the management of political governance.
SENATOR Ken Nnamani
