The? Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) , Governor? Rotimi Amaechi? of Rivers State has said that State? Peer Review Mechanism (SPRM) introduced in the country by the forum last year was not a score card to rate themselves? but? to advance good governance and development among state governments.
He disclosed this in Minna yesterday at the opening of a two day sensitisation workshop on SPRM? that the idea was to help come up with a methodology of assessing the level of development in the states using comparative indices.
Consequently, he said, the? workshop was the beginning of review process in Niger state, and that the self assessment report? of each? state,? would form the basis for peer review by members of NGF for peer learning and experience sharing.
Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu? in his speech charged all the states in the federation to go beyond developing the peer review frameworks to the implementation of the states’ programs of action so as to give a practical meaning of what was needed to be delivered.
According to him the peer review was a platform for benchmarking? standard in service delivery for sustainable socio-economic development of the state.