The Presidency

Nigeria’s APRM National Programme of Action (NPoA) is the result of the recommendations in the Country Self-Assessment Report (CSAR) and the Country Review Report (CRR).  The CSAR is a chronicle of the challenges, institutional weaknesses and best practices on governance and socio-economic development as well as key recommendations for improving governance in the country as perceived by the citizens of Nigeria during the Country Self-Assessment Process (CSAP) that was undertaken in the third and fourth quarters of 2006.  The CRR, on the other hand, is the report of the one-month long Country Review Mission (CRM) fielded in Nigeria by the APRM Continental Secretariat to validate the CSAR and assess the state of governance and socio-economic development in the country.

The over-arching objective of the NPoA is to guide and mobilize Nigeria’s efforts in implementing relevant changes designed to improve governance and socio-economic development in the country by providing necessary supplementation to on-going development initiatives and introducing fresh initiatives as appropriate. Specifically, the NPoA seeks to proffer additional measures for addressing the identified governance challenges and institutional weaknesses as well as reinforcing best practices. The core principles that drive and underpin Nigeria’s NPoA include: restoration of time-honoured core values of honesty, decency, modesty, selflessness, transparency and accountability, humility, courage and forthrightness; national ownership; participatory governance through constructive partnerships; consistency with Constitutional imperatives; openness; technical competence; credibility; and insulation from manipulation by any  stakeholder or interest group. Read More