Nigeria adopt four year action plan for OGP- Coordinator

The National Steering Committee for the Open Government Partnership (OGP) has approved the implementation of a four year National Action Plan (NAP IV) for Nigeria.

The OGP National Coordinator, Dr. Gloria Ahmed, stated this during a retreat for some stakeholders in Abuja on Tuesday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that OGP is a global partnership that brings together government reformers and civil society leaders.

The aim is also to create action plans that makes government to be more inclusive, responsive and accountable.

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Ahmed recalled that Nigeria adopted a two year cycle for NAP III implementation which ended in December 2024.

She, however, said that based on certain considerations, the national steering committee approved the implementation of a four-year plan for NAP IV.

The national coordinator said that the journey under NAP III had been a lesson learning one.

According to her, the innovative principles that guides OGP implementation has enabled them to co-create and harness the potentials within the possibilities to sustain and make modest progress in its implementation.

Ahmed said that NAP III may not have achieved all the results set out, but assured that if Nigeria sustained the commitment exhibited, the country would deliver its charge by looking at it from the analogy of a half full rather than a half empty glass.

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“I want to applaud your continued efforts at advocating and facilitating reform efforts since 2016 when Nigeria joined the OGP global.

“It is commendable that the country is about to implement its fourth cycle of OGP planning which shows commitment, determination, and drive from you all.

“These efforts can clearly be seen in the numerous reform efforts the NAP III has championed and made impact, especially in the areas of beneficial ownership, citizens engagement and public financial management reforms.

Ahmed said that the objective of the retreat was to review the gains Nigeria had made under NAP III and chart a new course for NAP IV.

“The retreat holding today is one of the many co-creation initiatives that we will implement to agree on commitment areas to pursue under NAP IV,” she said.

The Non-State Actors Co-Chair, Mrs. Obialunanma Nnaobi-Ayodele, said that the national action plan would meet the needs and aspirations of all Nigerians.

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She said that the four-year action plan had some caveat to review the plan after two years, adding that the caveat was to check the success of the plan

“Whatever we come out of this workshop with, will go to the public. This will determine what needs to be elaborated on and what will be modified.

“Please bring out your A-games, technical expertise and experience; that is all we need in the room right now,” Nnaobi-Ayodele said.

She promised that lack of fund affecting the programme would be addressed soon