Socioeconomic development • Ms Khadijah Alia Bah – social anthropologist and social policy adviser, and former NEPAD adviser on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). • Dr Bernard Dasah – CEO, Bendas Development Consultants. • Professor Mbaya Kankwenda – former UNDP resident representative for Nigeria. • Ms Sara Longwe – consultant on gender and development, and partner in Longwe Clarke and Associates, Development Consultants, Zambia. Partner institutions • Mr Karugor Gatamah – consultant on corporate governance for the African Development Bank (AfDB). • Ms Tonaina Ngororano – socioeconomist, Governance Division of the AfDB. • Dr Kojo Busia – chief, APRM Unit, and senior development management officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). • Professor Bartholomew Armah – senior regional adviser, UNECA. • Dr Adam B Elhiraika – macroeconomist, UNECA. APR Secretariat • Ms Evelynne Change – coordinator: Corporate Governance. • Ms Nana Boateng – research analyst: Socioeconomic Development. • Mr Ferdinand Katendeko – research analyst: Democracy and Good Political Governance. 1.10 Activities undertaken during the CRM 38 50. The CRM to Nigeria entailed a month-long validation of the CSAR by the CRM team on the state of governance and socioeconomic development in Nigeria. The review team was hosted by the federal government Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) while in the FCT and by the state governors during the state visits. The national APR Secretariat provided the review team with administrative and logistical support. 51. Following an internal working session of the CRM and preliminary meetings with the NFP and national APR Secretariat, the CRM formally began on February 3rd - March 2nd 2008 with a public launch attended by His Excellency President Yar’Adua. 52. The CRM subsequently met with stakeholder groups in Abuja, including representatives of state and nonstate groups such as the executive, the