OMPAN to tour LGAs in Abia to assess chairmen’s performances in almost two years in office

chinwe Ugele, Umuahia

The Abia Online Media Publishers Association of Nigeria will soon embark on the assessment of local governments in the state to ascertain the programmes of the serving chief executive officers of the various councils.

In what the body described as an “assessment of the stewardship of the chairmen” in nearly two years in office, the aim is to have a first hand information of the activities of these councils and projects initiated, on-going and or completed.

In a press statement signed by the chairman and secretary of the Association, Paddy Anyatonwu and Steve Unegbu, respectively,Abia OMPAN will upon seeing things for itself have members publish the developmental programmes of each local government’s administration.

The statement reads thus:

In continuation of her resolve to uphold transparency and accountability in our democratic  governance in the State, the Abia Online Media Publishers, member of Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN) will embark on press tour in the 17 LGAs of the State with a view to identifying as well as publish developmental landmarks of the Local government administration.

The Online media body made this known in a statement jointly signed by the State chairman of OMPAN chief Paddy Anyatonwu and the secretary Steve Unegbu on Thursday, October 13, 2022 and made available to Newsmen in Umuahia the state capital 

The association pointed out that the essence of the tour is for fact-checking and to appraise  the journey of the now almost two years in the saddle  by the Executive chairmen.

“The  tour will help the media practitioners  to  present accurate, balanced and timely information as well as review their performances in the last two years.

“It  will also afford the LGA Executive chairmen the opportunity to disclose to the media how democracy has developed their areas”

Media will continue to subject political office holders to public scrutiny and to question their policies as well as  competences and “As watchdogs of the society OMPAN will not relent in playing her primary oversight role of speaking out  to  ensure everyone is playing by the rules and feeding the public with objective information to increase accountability in  governance in this  State” the statement concluded.