Mimiko wants performance indicators for leaders

GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State yesterday called for the development of local performance indicators to assess the performances of governments at all levels in order to deepen the confidence of the people in the nation’s democracy.
Dr Mimiko said this in Akure while playing host to members of the national executive of the Nigeria Statistical Association, NSA, led by their president, Mr. Boniface Amobi.
He said the performance indicators based on empirical data would create a link between government and the people, noting that such indicators would engender political and public office holders to scale up performance in office.
Dr. Mimiko noted that his administration would support the association to achieve its objectives, stating the importance of statistics to national development.
According to him “Times like these call for evidence, we must have empirical evidence to show whether we are doing well or nor in this country, we must also develop performance indicators and one of the problems we have is how to create an organic linkage between these indicators and the people of this nation. There must be a way to develop performance indicator so that the man on the street can see. There must be indicators that ordinary man can use to measure the performance of the politicians, something that can be domesticated for everybody to see and they can key into.
“You can get people to make investment into statistics which I believe is a tool for a stable democracy. This is a serious indicator that will make it clear to our people if a government is performing and if not they will know what to do about it. We must develop indicators that will make our people to have confidence in our democracy. That is why in Ondo State we created a full -ledged ministry of economic planning and budget to fully assist in planning of programmes.”