Leadership Scorecard

Police REFORM: Force devolves power to CPs, DPOs to take directives from govs, LG chairmen as Decentralisation of Police Tactical Operations Begin. Commissioners of Police (CPs) in state commands and divisional police officers (DPOs) have been invested with more powers in discharging their responsibilities, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, announced yesterday. Adamu, during…

In the sanctity of the sacred journey towards posterity, in the furnace of refinement to reshape and fine-tune societal political orientation towards egalitarian political society, there certainly must be true believers. In his book The True Believer, Eric Hoffer said: “the True Believer is the mortal enemy of things-as-they are and he insists on sacrificing…

It was the philosophical Soren Kokegarde who said “an individual is the substance in a human person”.   Suffice it to say that the term ‘personality’ can actually be defined as the characteristic sets of behaviours, cognitions and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors.   Even psychology, as a discipline, has boldly attempted…

Upon his assumption of office for the second term, Dr. Kayode Fayemi directed the abolition of education levies in public and private schools which was put in place by the Fayose administration. Besides this, Fayemi ensured the resuscitation of Gossi water which had been left unattended to by the previous administration. Not only that, the…

He was not the governor they wanted, they said; they would give anything to have Ambode back, they said. But the people of Lagos have come to fall in love with the soft-spoken Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who promised to “love the people the way they want to be loved and not the way you want…

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has made agriculture a priority for the state he administers. His administration’s agricultural agenda centres around six (6) key strategic pillars – food security and support to small-holder farmers, job creation through agricultural value chain opportunities, nutrition and food safety through the promotion of cultivation, consumption and business in…

Following its clinching of a second term mandate, the administration of Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, embarked on a number of moves, as if to show gratitude to the people of the state for bestowing so much trust in his administration. Besides embarking on a mission to renew the allure in the state’s cities,…

The administration of Osun State governor, Oyetola Gboyega has not done badly, if the state ministry of works’ account are anything to be believed. Infrastructure The dualisation of Gbongan–Akoda dual carriage-way, Adebisi Akande Trumpet Interchange Bridge and Osogbo (Old Garage)-Ikirun-Ila-Odo-Erinle-Kwara State Boundary – all federal roads spanning 66km have been given attention by the administration….

If one governor in the southwest has got many applauding, it is Seyi Makinde; probably, not totally because of his performance but, more likely, because of his age, knack for leaning towards the young and his persona. So far, Makinde’s administration has completed over 307 projects in the education sector, while 236 others are on-going…

In an age when impunity has married itself to governance in the country, the Executive Governor of Enugu State Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has ensured that his administration remains accountable to the people and audits his performance, using the voice of the electorate as his gauge and creating essential links between the civil society and the government…