The Rivers State Governor Rt Hon Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi emerged the overall winner in the best performing Nigerian governors poll. The poll which ran across various online fora, social network platforms as well as the premiumratings site lasted for one month and saw several participants within and across Nigeria. The poll was based on the major sectors of the Nigerian state economy which include: Agriculture, Infrastructure, Education, Health, Security, Rural and region Development (development outside the state capital), Job Creation/Human Capital Development and Resource management/ Prudence.
After collation and computation of all the poll results the Rivers State governor Rt Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi emerged the overall winner polling 47.11% of the total polls after coming tops in Education, Health, Job creation/human Capital development and Agricultural sectors of the economy. The Lagos State government Babatunde Fashola came second after polling 9.61% of the total and the Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha came third after polling 9.25%.
the following table shows the top 15 most performing governors in Nigeria and their percentage polls
N
Governor
State
% poll of total
1
Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi
Rivers State
47.11
2
Babatunde Fashola
Lagos
9.61
3
Rochas Okorocha
Imo
9.21
4
Godswill Akpabio
Akwa Ibom
8.19
5
Sule Lamido
Jigawa
6.41
6
Rabiu Kwankwaso
Kano
4.27
7
Ahmed Abdulfatah
Kwara
3.91
8
Willie Obiano
Anambra
3.56
9
Sullivan Chime
Enugu
2.49
10
Shehu Shema
Katsina
1.78
11
Rauf Aregbesola
Osun
1.07
12
Aliyu Wamakko
Sokoto
o.71
13
Adams Oshemole
Edo
0.7
14
Abiola Ajimobi
Oyo
0.7
15
Ibinkunle Amosun
Ogun
0.36
SECTORAL BREAK DOWN OF THE POLL RESULTS
Agriculture: the Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amachi came tops in the Agricultural sector after polling 34.15% of the total polls in the Agric sector while Kwara State governor Ahmed Abdulfatah polled a total of 29.27% and the Sokoto State governor Wamakko came third by managing 4.88% . participants who rooted for the Rivers State governor pointed out his various Agricultural initiative and programs which includes but not limited to: Songai farm initiatives which some pointed out is twenty times its prototype in Porto novo, Benin Republic, fish farming taking place in several LGAs , Banana plantation in Tai covering over a thousand hectares of land, oil palm plantation, rubber plantation, cassava plantation, poultry farming, among others.
Some Rivers Government owned farms
Infrastructure: The Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio came tops after polling 41.67% of the total polls in this sector. The Lagos and Rivers State governors Babatunde Fashola and Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi tied in second position after polling a total of 20.83% each while Jigawa state governor Sule Lamido came third after managing 6.25% of the total polls. A Cross section of participants who commented emphasized the uncommon transformation of Akwa Ibom state from relatively rural town to a modern city with one of the best road networks in the country. Some commentators also made reference to some monumental projects embarked by the state government such as the new airport, stadium, aesthetic bridges among others
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Some Infrastructure in Akwa Ibom State
Education: In Education sector, the Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi came tops with 67.92% of the total polls while The Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha came second after securing 26.41% of the polls. Kano State governor came third with 3.77%. most participant who commented stated that the Rivers State government built the best Schools in the country numbering hundreds with facilities of international standard. Some also pointed out how the Rivers state government has been able to transformed the once ailing state university to one of the best universities in the country.
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Rivers State Primary Schools
Rivers State Secondary Schools
Health: In Health sector, the Rivers State governor Chibuike Amaechi once again sits at the top after garnering an outstanding 85.11% of total polls. The Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha came second with 6.38% while Kano state governor Rabiu Kwankwaso came third after managing 4.26% of the total polls. Majority of the participants who commented noted that the Rivers State government health policies remains the best in the country as its free Medicare is being carried out in over a hundred primary health centers built across the state in addition to a few secondary health centers built. some also cited that he trained over four hundred doctors abroad to manage the health centers and its facilities.
Some Secondary Health centers in Rivers State
Some Primary Health centers in Rivers State
Security: In security, the Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola came tops after polling 33.33% of the total polls while Rivers State governor Chibuike Amaechi came second with 22.22% of the total. The Anambra state governor willi Obiano came third with 16.67%. Some participant who commented in this sector cited some winning security programs and initiatives the lagos state administration embarked to reduce crimes and insecurity to the barest minimum. Such initiatives includes RRS, CSA, OPMESA, Lagos State Security Trust Fund, Safe city among others
Some Lagos state government Security Hardware
Rural and Regional development: In this sector, the Jigawa state governor sule Lamido came tops after securing 50% of the total polls while the Rivers State governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi came second after muzzling 20% and anambra state governor willi obiano came third with 15%. some of the commentators pointed out that the Jigawa State government has embarked on numerous rural development program chief among others includes: Rural Electrification (mainly with solar power), Massive housing projects, impressive rural road network among others
Some Rural infrastructure in Jigawa State
Job creation/human capital development: In this sector, the Rivers State governor Chibuike Amaechi came tops after enjoying a huge 84.38% of the total polls in this sector while the Imo State governor came second with 12.5% of the total poll. The Lagos State governor came third with a 3.13%. most of the participant who commented in this sector noted that the Rivers State government has really empowered and created jobs for her people more than any other government in the current dispensation. Most commented about the thirteen thousand teaching jobs created to provide the manpower needs for the new modern primary and secondary schools while others commented about the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) an initiative of the state government which was instituted to empower the youths through foreign Scholarships, skills acquisition, Agriculture, job fairs, etc
A cross section of some of the thirteen thousand recruited Rivers State teachers during their verification exercise
Some activities of RSSDA
Resource Prudence/management: In this sector, the Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso came tops after polling 21.74% of the total polls while Jigawa State governor Sule Lamido came second with 17.39% and Katisina State governor managed third with 13.01%. Majority of participants who commented pointed out that Kano state despite being the most populated state and having one of the least budget per capital its government however, was able to pull out commendable performances in most sectors of the economy even without breaking the bank. Some also cited that the Kano state debt profile is relatively modest vis a vis states with comparable size.
OUR GOOD GOVERNANCE AMBASSADORS OF NIGERIA
congrates to our top three governors they indeed represent the faces of good governance
Hon chibuike Amaechi Executive governor Rivers State
Raji Babatunde Fashola Executive governor Lagos Sate Owelle Rochas Okorocha Executive Governor Imo state
Also, Congratulations to all the outstanding governors who made the table of good governance and for those that did not cut the slack, this should be a sit up call!
Thank you everyone who participated in this polls
Our next poll in line will be ”Nigerian best city challenge” it promises to be far more exciting you have to watch out for it.
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