NewsTalk -RULE OF LAW IS KEY TO IMPROVING PUBLIC GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA - CISLAC

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The Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Auwal Ibrahim Musa has said that the rule of law, transparency and accountability are key to improving public governance in Africa. Musa made this known while giving his welcome remarks at the two-day Transparency International (TI) SDG Africa Common Assessment Workshop which held in Abuja. Musa said his conviction about the keys to improving public governance in Africa is because of the present state of Nigeria. He explained that despite huge deposits of oil and gas, solid minerals and human capital, monumental corruption and cleptocratic governance have brought Nigeria to the nation with the highest number of people living under the extreme poverty level in the world. The CISLAC director who commended the leadership of the Senior Special Assistant to the President of the SDGs (OSSAP-SDGs) for ensuring that Nigeria ardently adopt the SDGs much more than it did with the MDGs however noted that much needed to be done to ensure that the implementation of the SDGs, particularly SGD 16 are institutionalised in governance and systems. The assessment workshop is an opportunity for Participants from Transparency International chapters (Togo, Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Nigeria) to share progress made in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 16 which seeks to ‘Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedevelopmentnews/message