Ogun To Conduct Multi-dimensional Human Development Index Survey

Ogun State government yesterday said it is working towards developing a framework for planning, management and evaluation of its multi-dimensional poverty human development index.
The survey is also expected to provide reliable data for an assessment of the impacts of the various policies being implemented by the Prince Dapo Abiodun-led administration since the past four and a half years in the state.

The state commissioner for budget and planning, Olaolu Olabimtan, who disclosed this yesterday in Abeokuta, the state capital, said the survey would enable the government to establish baselines on different data points and allow for the implementation of the various strategies earmarked for execution.

While disclosing that the state had contracted a consultant, who will carry out the survey for a 27-week period, Olabimtan further gave specific areas of focus for the survey to include: education, health, job creation, empowerment and other social interventions.

“This is in line with the “Building Our Future Together” mantra of the Prince Dapo Abiodun-led administration, which over the years have executed and implemented various strategies cutting across the ISEYA development agenda.

“Ogun State is leading the pack in energy transition as we are on record as the first state to deploy Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses in Nigeria and have deployed them in Abeokuta and Mowe/Ibafo to Lagos routes with the aim to cushion the effects of transport fares for our citizens and facilitate movement of people and goods from the rural to urban and vice versa for increased livelihoods for our people,” he said.

The commissioner also spoke on the Gateway Agro-Cargo International Airport, which, along with its allied businesses in the aerotropolis, are expected to generate over 25,000 direct and indirect jobs.

He also noted the government’s investments in automating business processes to improve efficiency and the Ease of Doing Business Index in the state.