By Linus Aleke
The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD) under its project “Deepening Transparency and Accountability in the governance process through the implementation of Open Government Partnership in Nigeria” with support from the MacArthur Foundation, has built the capacity of the Gombe state government and non-state actors in the state on the open government partnership (OGP).

The Program Coordinator of Centre LSD, Mr Lawal Amodu, in a statement said, the training which is targeted at 50 state and 40 non-state actors in the state, will culminate in the development of the State Action Plan.

He added that it is also, meant to bring the State and non-state actors up to speed on the understanding of the OGP principles to facilitate a smooth implementation of the state action plan.

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He said the Open Government Partnership is hinged on the principles of Co-creation, which necessitates that government and civil society actors work together on the best strategies to bring development to the people, with the state government driving the process.

Gombe state is amongst the latest to sign up to the OGP in Nigeria with the intent to make governance open, transparent, and accountable.

Today a total of 24 states have signed up to the OGP which is governed by four key principles: Transparency, Accountability, Citizens Participation and Technology and Innovation.