… focuses on multi-dimensional poverty human development index

The Ogun State Government has begun arrangements to conduct household surveys towards developing “a framework for planning, management and evaluation of the multi-dimensional poverty human development index”.

According to the Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Olaolu Olabimtan, the survey will enable the state government to properly establish baselines on different data points in the state and allow for the implementation of the various strategies already earmarked for execution. 

“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.

“In the past five years, under the pillar of infrastructure, our administration has brought development to every ward in the 20 local government areas of the state. We have constructed, reconstructed, and rehabilitated over 500 kilometers of roads across all regions in the state in line with the administration’s policy of inclusiveness and determination to abolish erstwhile practices of prior administrations of developing one section of the state at the expense of other sections.

“Similarly, in the energy sector, the administration has installed over 500 transformers across communities through its Community Electrification Project and has improved power supply in the 20 local government areas.

“We have also provided solar street lights, solar boreholes for potable water, and the distribution of solar home kits to rural dwellers.

“The administration has also rehabilitated the Arakanga Waterworks in Abeokuta to ensure a reliable supply of potable water and constructed new water storage facilities as well as expanded the water supply and reticulation network to many streets and neighborhoods in the city of Abeokuta. These completed projects, which are already in use and being enjoyed by residents, will soon be formally commissioned.

“We are currently at the planning stage of expanding the reticulation network into new areas within the state while rehabilitating all our Mini Water Works in othe parts of the state for improved water supply for our people.

“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 survey is expected to go one step further than the NBS’ Multi-dimensional poverty index. The survey will allow the government to assess the impact of the policies it has been implementing in the last four and a half years in such areas as education, health, job creation, empowerment and other social interventions.

Working in conjunction with the Ogun State Bureau of Statistics, a consultant, E-services Nigeria Limited, has been contracted by the state government to execute the survey for a 27-week period.

The General Household Survey will produce indicators needed for the design and monitoring of the implementation of State Development Plans (SDPs).

Source: Ogun State Government