Nigeria has applied for second term as Co-Chair of International Steering Committee of the Open Government Partnership for another three years. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, disclosed this at the 13th G&L Meeting of the Nigeria Open Government Partnership held in Abuja on Friday.
The minister who is also the OGP Chair said that about five countries which are eligible for second term in the committee put in applications for the contest are going to slug it out with Nigeria in the contest billed for October 14 in London.
According to him, Nigeria’s first terms expired on September 30 and that would qualify her to stand eligible to contest for her second and last term.
He said the country had already begun mobilisation of member countries to secure their votes so as to emerge victorious in the coming election.
Nigeria joined the partnership in 2016 and is implementing her Second National Action Plan which seeks to consolidate the progress made in the first NAP.
It was one of the critical steps taken by government to tackle corruption and money laundering in the system and also enhance corporate accountability and transparency.
Nigeria has also taken up leadership of the OGP process in 2018 by joining the International Steering Committee, serving in the Criteria and Standards Sub-committee.
There are 20 countries in the international steering committee. Of the 20 states, 10 are state actors while the other 10 are non-state actors, which are CSOs.