NEPAD Nigeria is reformed for better performance – Akobundu

Mathew Dadiya, Abuja

The Special Adviser to the President and Chief Executive Officer of New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) Nigeria, Princess Gloria Akobundu has said that NEPAD is being reformed for a better service-delivery of its mandate in line with the dream of its founding fathers and newer challenges arising from the continent.

According to her some of the challenges confronting the Africa continent include long years of military regimes, wars and other forms of civil strife that had thwarted the continent’s growth like other continents.

Akobundu stated this in Friday in Midrand, South Africa, while fielding questions to journalists at the end of the 57th meeting of the NEPAD Steering Committee, which held at the NEPAD Agency Office in Midrand.

In a statement by her Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Nkem Anyata-Lafia, the CEO said that the 57th meeting discussed aspects of the African Union (AU) reform regarding the proposed transformation of NPCA into the Africa Union Development Agency and to consider a draft agenda in preparation for January 2018 Heads of State and Government (HSGOC) Summit.

Akobundu, who lauded the efforts of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) CEO, Assan Mayaki and his team for keeping the dream of NEPAD and its operations in Africa and the entire world; expressed the hope that, with the series of reforms that have been put on the board by the NPCA leadership, there were surely better days ahead for the Agency and the Country Offices across the continent.