Kwara sustains lead on PGF performance ranking
By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
Kwara State has again been ranked number one on the table of developmental strides recorded for January 2022 in states governed by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), making it the fourth time the state would win the laurel.
According to a statement by the Director of Planning and Strategy at the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), Folohunsho Aluko, Kwara state shared the number one position with Lagos and Kaduna which posted the same points across various sectors examined for the month, adding that the state topped the table of excellent performances alongside Kaduna and Lagos states. The three states reportedly recorded 16 developmental strides apiece across various sectors.
Kwara State had similarly been reported to have topped the Forum’s achievements’ table for September, 2020; March, 2021; and November 2021.
“The entries for this edition witnessed more improvements as regards developmental strides collated from the Forum states in (January) 2022,” the statement said.
“There is an all-round increase in the pattern of initiatives introduced by the states with Kaduna, Kwara and Lagos states recording most initiatives for this month having implemented sixteen (16) developmental strides each.”
The ranking parameters cut across Economic Development; Education, Science and Technology; Health and Nutrition; Agric and Rural Development; Infrastructure; Job Creation; Empowerment and Innovation; Labour and Capacity Building; Welfare and Rehabilitation; and Art, Tourism and Culture, the statement added.