•
Accelerating regional integration by participating in the harmonisation
of monetary, trade and investment policies among participating states.
Corporate governance
•
Providing an enabling environment and an effective regulatory
framework for economic activities.
•
Ensuring that corporations act as good corporate citizens with regard to
human rights, social responsibility and environmental sustainability.
•
Promoting the adoption of codes of good business ethics in achieving
the objectives of the organisation.
•
Ensuring that corporations treat all their stakeholders (shareholders,
employees, communities, suppliers and customers) in a fair and just
manner.
•
Making provision for the accountability of corporations and directors.
Socioeconomic development
•
Promoting self-reliance in development, and building capacity for selfsustaining development.
•
Accelerating socioeconomic development to achieve sustainable
development and the eradication of poverty.
•
Strengthening policies, delivery mechanisms and outputs in key social
development areas [including education for all, and combating the
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS) and other communicable diseases].
•
Ensuring affordable access to water, energy, finance (including microfinance), markets, and information and communication technology
(ICT) for all citizens, especially the rural poor.
•
Ensuring progress towards gender equality, particularly equal access
to education for girls at all levels.
•
Encouraging broad-based
stakeholders at all levels.
participation
in
development
by
all
1.4
Implementation of the APRM process in Nigeria
29.
Nigeria was among the first countries to accede to the APRM at the Sixth
Summit of the NEPAD HSGIC meeting held in Abuja on 9 March 2003.
Indeed, the then Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, was one of the
architects of the NEPAD/APRM initiatives and served as chairperson of
the NEPAD HSGIC as well as the APR Forum from the inception of NEPAD
in July 2001 until his departure from office in May 2007.
30.
Following Nigeria’s accession to the APRM, the country developed a
strategic vision for the operationalisation of the APRM, the highlights of
which are the following:
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