It is the function of governments the world over to provide citizens’ security, a good sense of well-being as well as atmosphere conducive to human and institutional development by providing good government because poor governance is among the most important causes of state failure and underdevelopment.
It is crucial for all citizens to embrace the G3 initiatives and strategies to ensure that larger portions of the population enjoy the benefits of good governance. When this is done, then the advantages of good governance would be maximized and Nigerians would enjoy better service delivery from government agencies.
The indices of good governance include: better delivery of government services to citizens, improved interactions with business and industry, citizen empowerment through access to information and more efficient government management. The resulting benefits can be less corruption, increased transparency, greater convenience, revenue growth, and/or cost reductions.
Good governance can be seen as the exercise of economic, political and administrative authority to better manage affairs of a country at all levels, national and local.

PROGRAMME 1 (CITIZENS ACTION)

The Yar’Adua administration has been characterized by policy reversals and suspension, inaction, selective persecution and corruption.  Policymakers and executors within the government have no clear direction and when they act, it is with great uncertainty and at their peril.
Businesses and investors face daily capricious officials and confront the absence of any rules of the game. Even briefcase-carrying contractors complain that the nation’s procurement gravy train not only lacks transparency but has slowly ground to a halt. The end-result of all these is that the people of Nigeria are in a current state of hopelessness and want to see a government in action.
The keywords therefore for any mass democratic movement to challenge the situation and reverse the malaise are

Hope and Action.
Oblivious to the foregoing or uncaring about our feelings, there is a very clear determination of the Nigerian authorities to preserve their power while delivering no benefits to the generality of our people.
This means only an organized democratic movement – a political hurricane that is national in character, cutting across all classes and demographics – can successfully displace them. Even then, a combination of domestic and international constituencies for democratic change, for free and fair elections, for good governance and fairness to all Nigerians, need to be in place to strengthen the mass movement and enhance its likelihood of success.
The involvement of Nigeria’s leaders in politics, business, academia, media, labor unions, professional bodies, other civil society, public service, and diplomatic missions within the country must be the minimum components of domestic stakeholders.

The leadership, policy elite, media, bureaucracy and business communities of G-8 nations, BRIC countries, influential African countries and Multilateral institutions must be sensitized, enlightened, regularly briefed and mobilized to support democratic change, free elections and good governance in Nigeria.
These stakeholders must be made to recognize that Africa’s progress depends a lot on good examples from a handful of nations – and Nigeria is number one priority in Africa. And this has to start right away.

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