Good Governance Award 2013
Holds In Lagos: Amosun won
award on on the Fastest Growing
State Economy
Posted by: Channels Television
November 13, 2013
The 2013 Good Governance
Award has been held in Lagos,
Nigeria’s commercial nerve, with
Governors Theodore Orji,
Liyel Imoke and Rauf Adesoji
Aregbesola winning two awards
each.
The award held on Wednesday,
organised by the Business
Day newspaper, is in
acknowledgement of the
governors’
efforts in delivering the dividends
of democracy to Nigerians.
Awards were given to governors
in various areas as it relates
to their commitment to sustaining
economic development in
the nation.
According to the organisers, data
for the final awards were
collected via the internet and
other reliable means.
The event had in attendance
government officials and civil
society groups
Governor Chibuike Amaechi of
Rivers State won the Best
Governor in Education
Development award while
Governors
Peter Obi of Anambra State and
Theodore Orji of Abia State
won the Best Governor on Health
Care.
The Best Governor in Agriculture
Development award was
won by Abdulfatah Ahmed of
Kwara State And Aliyu
Wamakko of Sokoto while the
award For Excellence in
Governance was won by the
Lagos State Governor,
Babatunde Fashola.
The Cross River State Governor,
Liyel Imoke, won the Best
Governor in Tourism Development
award.
Osun State Governor, Rauf Adesoji
Aregbesola, won the Best
Governor in Urban and Rural
Infrastructural Development
award.
The Governor of Abia State,
Theodore Orji won the award on
the State With the Most Improved
Security.
The Edo State Governor, Adams
Oshiomhole, won the
Transparency in Governance
Award
Receiving the award on behalf of
the Edo State governor, the
state’s Chief of Staff, Patrick
Obahiagbon, said that the award
would spur the governor to
continue to unleash the ‘Tsunami
of developmentalis m’ in the
state.
Other awards won were Best
State in ICT award which was
won by the Cross River State
Governor, Liyel imoke