The Kogi State government has formed a steering committee to promote citizens' participation in governance through the Open Government Partnership. The committee aims to enhance transparency, accountability, and citizen participation in the state.
The Kogi State government has inaugurated a steering committee on the Open Government Partnership to ensure citizens' participation in governance. The Secretary to the Kogi State Government, Dr Folashade Arike Ayoade who inaugurated the committee, explained that transparency and accountability have been in existence in the past eight years of the immediate past administration of Yahaya Bello.
gathered that the Kogi State Commissioner for Finance Budget and Economic Planning Asiwaju Ashiru Idris and the State Chairperson, Kogi NGO's network, KOGONET, Idris Ozovehe Muriana are expected to co-Chair the State Steering Committee.
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