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CHANGING THE GAME IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
OUTCOME 4:
ACCOUNTABLE, TRANSPARENT,
PARTICIPATIVE, AND EFFECTIVE
LOCAL GOVERNANCE
2019 has seen new blood take on the political landscape at the national and local level.
With new mandates to assume, the newly-elected officials, serving as the political leaders
of their respective localities are handed with the burden of proving their competence, but
also their integrity as leaders to make good on their promises during the campaign as an
invaluable part of their social contract with their constituents.
Understanding this important need for competent local officials, and in an effort towards a
more accountable, transparent, participative, and effective brand of local governance, the
LGA has scaled up its efforts and initiatives towards priming the country’s newly-minted
local chiefs in their newfound mandate with the Program for the Newly Elected Officials
(NEOs) taking the center stage for the interventions offered by LGA under Outcome 4.
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