The Nation will sustain it’s  development if we all join the  government in building on its successes and proffering solution to  the challenges, says Princess Gloria Akobundu fsi, National Coordinator/Chief Executive Officer, African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development/African Peer Review Mechanism (AUDA-NEPAD/APRM) Nigeria.
In a statement issued by Media Assistant to NC/CEO,AUDA-NEPAD/APRM Nigeria Abolade Ogundimu,  Akobundu in her Independence Anniversary message to Staff and Management of the Agency.
The Agency’s Boss felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari and the entire people of Nigeria on the 62nd Independence Anniversary.

According to Akobundu, the nation has reasons to celebrate and the need to do more in surmounting the challenges.

” While it is not a bad omen to list out what we are yet to achieve as a nation, we must not lose sight on our achievements.
“After frequent military interjection in governance between 1966 to 1999, the country has deepened it’s feet in the democratic process from 1999 till date.

“The electoral process is getting more transparent and credible, the telecommunication sector is on the upward swing in the development of every sector.
“With deep commitment and can-do spirit of Nigerians as demonstrated by the nation’s Contingent at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom, has shown that the country has huge potential to excel and take it’s pride of place in the comity of Nations,” she said.

On efforts to surmount it’s challenges in every sector, the Agency Boss solicited collective support for various developmental programmes of government at the national and sub-national levels.

“Like every other Ministry,  Department and Agency, AUDA-NEPAD/APRM Nigeria has been at the forefront in the implementation of developmental programmes enshrined in it’s mandates. I call on both the public and private sectors as well as development partners to continue to Partner us in achieving our mandate”.

Akobundu being a reputable administrator and security expert, gave a brief of her stewardship in the Agency and how it has impacted on the nation.

“We have embarked on projects that geared towards Food security, we have promoted and carried out programmes aimed at enhancing peaceful coexistence, in the area of economic and  infrastructural developments we have partner relevant Private and Public Sector Players in intervening in provision of infrastructure in rural communities in some parts of the country, we have also and is still promoting peaceful and violence free elections in the country and many more.

 ” Our Agency has the mandate to ensure adequate implementation African Union Agenda 2063 “Africa We want”  and UN Sustainable Developmental Goal (SDG) -2030, which are aimed at improving the standard of living of citizens of the continent and the world respectively.

Our flagship programmes include AUDA-NEPAD Initiative to Strengthen Smallholder Farmers capability for  land restoration, productivity amid COVID- 19 Pandemic; Implementation of the Second National Plan of Action on the recommendations of the Second Peer Review; sustained sensitisation on violence- free elections, among others,” she said.

She said the gains made in the areas of infrastructural development, agricultural Development;  Information and Communication Technology (ICT), among others should be extended to other sectors of the economy.

Akobundu called on the Agency’s workforce to continue to give their best in the discharge of their duty so that the organisation would continue to achieve it’s mandate.

It will be recalled that the Agency organized a High-level events on the Margin of the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) where world leaders gathered to proffer lasting solutions to Nigeria and Africa’s impediments to greater development. This has become an annual ritual for the Agency.

Akobundu also called for patriotic participation of every eligible Nigerian in the forth coming 2023 general elections so that the country would continue to be a leading democratic nation in the continent and around the world.

The Agency has also been instrumental in promoting lasting peace in the nation through collaboration with relevant stakeholders in the security and social sectors.

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