A poll conducted by Best Media Consultants, BMC, has ranked Governor Babajide Sonwo-Olu of Lagos ahead of Kano, Rivers and Abia in governance, using standard polling methods.
Also according to BMC, the poll also scored Nyisome Wike, governor of Rivers, in the areas of Infrastructure and Waste Management.
The polling firm say that the exercise is meant to feel the pulse of Nigerians on governance in four major commercial cities in Nigeria, namely Lagos (West), Abia (East), Kano (North) and Rivers State (South/South)
It said parameters were on COVIF-19 management, economy, Infrastructure, security and competence in party politics and others.
BMC chose its polling agents from Ibadan, Enugu and Kaduna to ensure neutrality.
It added that several visits were made to the major cities in the states while mainstream media and platforms were used to draw impressions.
BMC used one and one interview and spoke to 10, 000 respondents.
According to its findings 85% of respondents said, Governor Sanwo-Olu has done very well in the management of his state’s economy.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje was the least rated on management of economy.
With mean score of +3.48 and +3.47 respectively, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and Governor Wike of River State were said to have done fair on environment and waste management in their states compared to Governor Ikpeazu’s +2.63
Governor Wike was rated to have done more in infrastructure, followed by Governor Ganduje with +3.64, while Governor Babajide was rated +3.43.
But the polling firm noted that Governor Sanwo-Olu is in his first term in office,while others are in the second and last term as Governors of their states.
Governor Babajide was rated +3.32 in handling of security challenges in Lagos,but this calls for more efforts, when compared with others, he has done better than Governor Wike who was rated +2.42.
Besides, Governor Babajide was rated +4.42 for handling political issues in his state.
Rspondents attributed the development to the fact that the governor has not had any pronounced crises with his party members since he became Governor. Governor Ikpeazu was rated +3.77, while Wike was rated +2.26.
Meanwhile,the Lagos State government has embarked on several reforms to strengthen the workforce and one of such was the creation of Planning Units for Ministries, Departments and Agencies in 2010.
Special Adviser to the Governor on Parastatals Monitoring Office, Afolabi Ayantayo, stated this at a one-day workshop for planning, research and statistics officers, themed: “Budget preparation, presentation and implementation as tool for Delivering T.H.E.M.E.S. Developmental Agenda”.
He said the workshop was vital at this period that the 2022 budget preparation has commenced and budget consultation is being organised by the Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget (MEPB) for public inputs into the budget.
He also said this administration, under the leadership of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, had continually emphasised people-centered projects, adding that a lot had been achieved across the six developmental pillars of the THEMES agenda.
Ayantayo tasked the planning, research and statistics officers to always advise their chief executive officers on judicious utilisation of the resources of the state, saying that White Elephant projects should be discouraged at all times.
He also urged them to be on top of their job and to continually offer useful advice that would help their agency grow, while making inputs from the conceptualisation to the completion stage of programmes and projects.
