•
APRM
Report
as
reference
in
unfinished
governance
improvement
agenda;
•
The
APRM
has
conferred
legitimacy
to
think-‐tanks
and
other
civil
society
expertise
in
relation
to
Government;
•
Institutionalization
of
national
dialogue
–
opening
up
of
political
space
and
providing
voice
to
the
voiceless;
•
Institutionalization
of
formal
channel
between
political
society
and
civil
society;
3.2
Examples
of
substantive
(Concrete)
Impact
•
Setting
up
of
a
Ministry
of
Chieftaincy
and
Culture
•
Upper
limit
of
the
number
of
Supreme
Court
judges
•
Scaling
Down
on
the
number
of
Ministries
•
Rationalization
of
administration
of
land
•
Passage
of
key
legislation
–
Whistleblower
Protection
Act;
Disability
Act
•
Freedom
of
Information
and
Fiscal
Responsibility
Bills
before
cabinet
•
Separation
between
attorney
General
and
Ministry
of
Justice
before
Cabinet
•
Reduction
of
Corporate
tax
from
27.5
percent
to
25
percent
•
Establishment
of
NEPAD
School
Feeding
Programme
and
NEPAD
e-‐School
•
Establishment
of
Northern
Development
Fund
•
Proposal
for
establishment
of
West
Africa
APRM
Centre
of
Excellence
4.0
CHALLENGES
4.1
About
a
third
of
the
total
prison
population
of
14,000
constitutes
remand
prisoners,
the
majority
of
whom
have
been
on
remand
over
a
period
ranging
from
5
to
15
years.
4.2
The
election
of
Metropolitan,
Municipal
and
District
Chief
Executives
is
yet
to
be
effected.
(There
are
however,
welcoming
news
from
all
the
Presidential
aspirants
that
election
of
M/M/DECs
was
welcome).
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