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STREET LIGHTS STREET VIEWS A six-month ministerial dashboard

Though the ministers in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government have only been in oďŹƒce for six months, the THISDAY Editorial Board elected to draw up a ministerial dashboard based on their accomplishments and challenges in the hope that it serves as feedback mechanism on what the people of Nigeria expect from them

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2016 Ëž T H I S D AY

MINISTERIAL DASHBOARD

A SPECIAL REPORT

STREET LIGHT INDICATOR Clear vision, promising start Good vision, slow start Work in progress, no clear results Non-starter, go back to drawing board

Babatunde Fashola (and Mustapha Shehuri) Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, the minister and Mustapha Shehuri, his deputy, have largely struggled to improve the fortunes of the sectors since they

assumed office.

While targets for the power sector have been set by the government at 10,000 megawatts (MW) by 2018 through ‘incremental, stable and uninterrupted’ power policy, current realities in power generation, transmission and distribution have remained unconvincing of government’s commitment to improve the country’s power systems.

Generation has largely dropped, sometimes to as low as 1,500MW, due to shortage in gas supply to power stations, resulting in frequent blackouts nationwide.

The minister, however, succeeded in resolving a lingering disagreement that would now allow Geometric Aba Power to generate and supply power to the ring-fenced Aba and Ariaria business metropolis. This, according to stakeholders, could rekindle the confidence of investors in government’s commitment to contract sanctity in the country’s power sector. In the works and housing sectors, the ministers have literally done nothing significant other than their recent move to settle outstanding debts owed road contractors. They, however, said they were committed to continue and complete road projects inherited from the immediate past government.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r %FTQJUF QSJWBUJTBUJPO QPXFS HFOFSBUJPO XBT MPX BU TPNF .8 EVF UP HBT TIPSUBHFT EJTUSJCVUJPO DPNQBOJFT XFSF VOBCMF UP NFFU UIF NFUFSJOH OFFET PG DPOTVNFST BOE IBE EPOF OFYU UP OPUIJOH JO UIF BSFB PG EJTUSJCVUJPO JOGSBTUSVDUVSF VQHSBEF BOE UIF USBOTNJTTJPO HSJE TUJMM MBDLFE UIF DBQBDJUZ UP XIFFM PVU NPSF UIBO .8 PG FMFDUSJDJUZ r /JHFSJBO SPBET XFSF JO EJSF OFFE PG SFQBJST BOE XPSL IBE TUPQQFE PO UIF NBKPS FYQSFTTXBZT OBUJPOXJEF r 5IF IPVTJOH EFĂ DJU FTUJNBUFE BU N IBE OPU CFFO BEESFTTFE BOE BDDFTT UP DIFBQ NPSUHBHFT XFSF OPO FYJTUFOU What Nigerians want: r &MFDUSJDJUZ IPVST B EBZ HPPE SPBET OFUXPSL BOE BDDFTT UP BGGPSEBCMF IPVTJOH What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r $MFBS QPXFS SPBE NBQ DMFBS IPVTJOH QMBO r 3PBE QSPKFDUT IBNQFSFE CZ CVEHFU CVU OFFET DMBSJUZ PO PPPs and concessions Street light, Street view:

Ibe Kachikwu Petroleum Resources Kachikwu, also the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has made attempts to restructure the state’s oil firm and break it into profit-making centres, but his efforts were also dented by prolonged shortages of petrol nationwide.

The scarcity pushed the government to adopt a new product

pricing policy it referred to as “price modulation�. In the face of dollar shortages, this was eventually jettisoned, when the government allowed marketers to freely import petrol and sell at a pump price not above N145 per litre.

Also, he has pushed to cut the frequent losses made by NNPC’s subsidiaries in their operations, and publish the corporation’s monthly operations and financial reports.

This, he said, was aimed at opening the books of NNPC for public scrutiny.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r //1$ BOE JUT TVCTJEJBSJFT XFSF B DFTTQJU PG DPSSVQUJPO BOE JOFGĂ DJFODZ r 5IF PJM BOE HBT TFDUPS XBT TISPVEFE JO TFDSFDZ BOE PQBDJUZ r $SVEF PJM UIFGU XBT BU JUT QFBL XIJMF WBOEBMJTN PG HBT QJQFMJOFT IBNQFSFE UIF TVQQMZ PG HBT UP QPXFS TUBUJPOT BOE JOEVTUSJFT r 5IF 1*# XBT OPU QBTTFE JO UIF /BUJPOBM "TTFNCMZ BOE UIF SFĂ OFSJFT OPU QSPEVDJOH r 'VFM JNQPSUT DPOUJOVFE VOBCBUFE XIJMF UIF TVCTJEZ PCMJHBUJPOT DPOUJOVFE UP SJTF r /P 'JOBM *OWFTUNFOU %FDJTJPOT PO #SBTT -/( BOE 5SBJOT BOE PG /-/( What Nigerians want: r *NQSPWFE QFSGPSNBODF FGĂ DJFODZ BOE BO FOE UP MFBLBHFT JO //1$ r (SFBUFS USBOTQBSFODZ BOE BDDPVOUBCJMJUZ UIBU JT TVQQPSUFE CZ UIF BVEJUFE BDDPVOUT PG //1$ FWFSZ ZFBS r 'VODUJPOJOH SFĂ OFSJFT UIBU BSF QSJWBUJTFE BOE BO FOE UP GVFM JNQPSUT r 3FTVTDJUBUJPO BOE QBTTBHF PG UIF 1*# GPS CFUUFS Ă TDBM UFSNT r /FX PJM CJE SPVOET GSPN XIJDI UIF HPWFSONFOU DBO HFOFSBUF SFWFOVF r $PODFTTJPO PG UIF QFUSPMFVN QSPEVDU QJQFMJOFT BOE EFQPU OFUXPSL What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r 3FWJWJOH DPNBUPTF //1$ GSPN OFBS EFBUI UP HSPVOE [FSP r #FUUFS USBOTQBSFODZ JO QVCMJDBUJPO PG NPOUIMZ SFTVMUT PG //1$ CVU BVEJUFE SFQPSUT XPVME QSPWJEF NPSF DMBSJUZ r ,VEPT GPS CPME BDUJPO PO EFSFHVMBUJPO r #FEFWJMMFE CZ MBDL PG 1*# QJQFMJOF WBOEBMJTN BOE BCTFODF PG OFX JOWFTUNFOUT r 3FWJWFE SFĂ OFSJFT CVU MBDL PG DMBSJUZ PO HBT UP QPXFS QMBO Street light, Street view:

Udoma Udo Udoma (and Zainab Ahmed) Budget and National Planning After the hiccups that characterised the passage of 2016 budget, Udoma and his deputy, Zainab Ahmed, are now saddled with the task of implementing the biggest budget in the history of Nigeria.

Similarly, the Zero-based Budgeting System (ZBB) has been introduced, a marked departure from the envelop system previously in practice for many years with its attendant flaws. A help desk has also been set up to help ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) get acquainted with this new system.

To ensure the effective implementation of the 2016 budget, the ministry is now fully strengthening its monitoring and evaluation framework to enable it effectively monitor compliance with the objectives of the budget and to achieve all the goals of the budget.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r &OWFMPQ CBTFE CVEHFUJOH XBT TUJMM QMBDF

r 0GĂ DF PG UIF #VEHFU PG UIF 'FEFSBUJPO XBT TUJMM QPQVMBUFE XJUI DJWJM TFSWBOUT NPSF JOUFSFTUFE JO CVEHFUBSZ NBOJQVMBUJPO What Nigerians want: r *NQSPWFNFOU JO UIF CVEHFUJOH QSPDFTT BOE FBSMZ USBOTNJTTJPO PG UIF .5&' '41 BOE TVDDFFEJOH CVEHFUT UP UIF /BUJPOBM "TTFNCMZ r "O FOE UP CVEHFU QBEEJOH BOE JODPOTJTUFODJFT r *NQSPWFE CVEHFU NPOJUPSJOH BU UIF JNQMFNFOUBUJPO TUBHF What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r %FTQJUF B TIBNCPMJD TUBSU UP UIF CVEHFU CZ UIF #VEHFU 0GĂ DF PG UIF 'FEFSBUJPO 6EPNB TLJMMGVMMZ TUBCJMJTFE UIF CVEHFU BOE SFBEZ UP HP r $JWJM TFSWBOUT JO UIF #VEHFU 0GĂ DF XFSF TIPXO UIF FYJU GPS UBNQFSJOH XJUI UIF CVEHFU Street light, Street view:

Kemi Adeosun Finance Since assuming office, one of the priority areas of Adeosun is how to ensure an efficient application of resources.

Consequently, she created the Efficiency Unit (E-UNIT) in the ministry to eliminate leakages in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government.

Determined to cut the cost of governance, she has introduced a benchmark on how public funds are spent and has also channelled her energy into ensuring that the Continuous Audit Task Team of the federal government audits the accounts of all MDAs, including the military and paramilitary, which payrolls are currently being audited and are billed to be migrated into the automated systems including the Integrated Personnel and Payment Information System (IPPIS) and Government Financial Management Information System (GFMIS).

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r 1BSUJBM JNQMFNFOUBUJPO FOGPSDFNFOU PG UIF 5SFBTVSZ 4JOHMF "DDPVOU r )JHI DPTU PG SVOOJOH HPWFSONFOU BOE B SJTJOH QVCMJD TFDUPS XBHF CJMM r %PNFTUJD BOE GPSFJHO CPSSPXJOH XFSF VOEFS DIFDL CVU UIF GVFM TVCTJEZ CJMM SFNBJOFE VODIFDLFE r -FWJFT PO MVYVSZ HPPET XFSF JOUSPEVDFE CVU OFWFS FOGPSDFE What Nigerians want: r " MFBOFS NPSF FGĂ DJFOU BOE Ă TDBMMZ QSVEFOU QVCMJD TFDUPS r $PNQMFUF FMJNJOBUJPO PG HIPTU XPSLFST r "O FYQBOEFE UBY CBTF BOE JNQSPWFE NBOBHFNFOU PG HPWFSONFOU SFWFOVF What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r "EFPTVO IBT TIPXO QSPNJTF JO Ă TDBM QSVEFODF BOE Ă OBODJBM FGĂ DJFODZ JO UIF GBDF PG EXJOEMJOH SFTPVSDFT r :FU UP QSPWJEF DMBSJUZ PO FYUFSOBM CPSSPXJOH QMBO BOE Ă TDBM QPMJDZ EJSFDUJPO r 5IF NJOJTUFS IBT SFNBJOFE IFTJUBOU BCPVU SBJTJOH 7"5 CVU IBT NBEF B HPPE FGGPSU BU FYQBOEJOH UIF UBY CBTF BOE DPNQFMMJOH UBY FWBEFST UP QBZ VQ r 8PSUI XBUDIJOH JT "EFPTVO T FGGPSU UP JODSFBTF OPO PJM SFWFOVF JO PSEFS UP SFEVDF /JHFSJB T SFMJBODF PO DSVEF PJM FBSOJOHT Street light, Street view:

Uguru Usani (and Claudius Daramola) Niger Delta Affairs The minister has deployed most of his time analysing the problems bedevilling the region without taking any concrete steps to deal with the issues.

Consequently, the issue of unemployment, youth restiveness and the general underdevelopment of the region have remained largely unattended to in the last six months.

With the 338km East-West Road abandoned and the resurgence of militancy in the region, it is evident that Usani and his deputy, Claudius Daramola, need to buckle up.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r 6OFNQMPZNFOU BOE UIF TMPX QBDF PG EFWFMPQNFOU PG UIF /JHFS %FMUB TUJMM NBEF JU BUUSBDUJWF GPS DSJNJOBMT UP FOHBHF JO PJM UIFGU BOE UIF FTUBCMJTINFOU PG JMMFHBM SFĂ OFSJFT r 5IF &BTU 8FTU 3PBE SFNBJOFE B NJSBHF What Nigerians want: r " WJTJPO BOE QMBO GPS UIF EFWFMPQNFOU PG UIF /JHFS %FMUB r $PNQMFUJPO PG UIF &BTU 8FTU 3PBE BOE DPOTUSVDUJPO PG OFX IJHIXBZT BOE CSJEHFT GPS FBTF PG NPWFNFOU JO UIF SFHJPO r 4LJMMT BDRVJTJUJPO BOE FNQMPZNFOU QSPHSBNNFT GPS UIF HBJOGVM FNQMPZNFOU PG ZPVUIT JO UIF /JHFS %FMUB r #FUUFS FOHBHFNFOU PG UIF DPNNVOJUJFT BOE MFBEFST JO UIF SFHJPO UIBU XPVME FOE UIF EFTUSVDUJPO PG PJM BOE HBT

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T H I S D AY ˾ ˜ JUNE 1, 2016

MINISTERIAL DASHBOARD

A SPECIAL REPORT JOGSBTUSVDUVSF What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r /P DMFBS WJTJPO OP DMFBS TPMVUJPO OP JOGSBTUSVDUVSF QMBO r 3JTJOH NJMJUBODZ BOE SFTUJWFOFTT BDSPTT UIF /JHFS %FMUB Street light, Street view:

Muhammad Dan-Ali Defence Since assuming office, Dan-Ali has played largely a ceremonial role at the defence sector as not much has neither been heard nor seen from him. Under his watch, however, the Boko Haram insurgents in the North-east have been given a bloody nose. He is also known to have an excellent working relationship with the service chiefs. But the threat to the nation’s internal security by bandits, including Fulani herdsmen and militants in the Niger Delta would need to engage more of his attention in the coming months as the internal security agencies appear less capable of handling the situation.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r #PLP )BSBN TUJMM PDDVQJFE MBSHF TXBUIFT PG UFSSJUPSZ JO UIF /PSUIFBTU BOE UIF EFBUI UPMM GSPN UIF JOTVSHFODZ XBT SJTJOH r 4VJDJEF CPNCJOHT XFSF GSFRVFOU JO BMM TUBUFT JO UIF /PSUIFBTU XIJMF 1MBUFBV ,BOP BOE ,BEVOB 4UBUFT XFSF BMTP OPU JNNVOF UP TVJDJEF CPNCFST r 5IF NJMJUBSZ IJHI DPNNBOE XBT TVTQFDUFE PG EJWFSUJOH GVOET NFBOU UP à HIU UIF JOTVSHFODZ JO UIF /PSUIFBTU r $IJCPL TDIPPMHJSMT BOE UIPVTBOE PG XPNFO BOE DIJMESFO XFSF NJTTJOH JO UIF /PSUIFBTU r *OUFSOBMMZ EJTQMBDFE QFSTPOT IBE UBLFO PWFS UIF .BJEVHVSJ NFUSPQPMJT BOE UIPVTBOET NPSF XFSF EJTQFSTFE JO "EBNBXB :PCF &EP "CVKB BOE OFJHICPVSJOH $BNFSPVO What Nigerians want: r "O FOE UP UIF JOTVSHFODZ JO UIF /PSUIFBTU r 5IF SFUVSO PG UIF $IJCPL HJSMT BOE UIPVTBOET PG XPNFO BOE DIJMESFO IFME IPTUBHF CZ #PLP )BSBN r .BSBVEJOH IFSETNFO LFQU VOEFS DIFDL BOE SFTUSJDUFE UP cattle ranches r /JQQJOH UIF /JHFS %FMUB JOTVSHFODZ JO UIF CVE What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r *OTQJUF PG UIF NJOJTUFS UIF NJMJUBSZ IJHI DPNNBOE IBT TJHOJà DBOUMZ QVTIFE CBDL #PLP )BSBN GPS XIJDI DSFEJU NVTU HP UP UIF $PNNBOEFS JO $IJFG r #VU NBKPS DIBMMFOHFT OPX CVJMEJOH VQ XJUI IFSETNFO XJUI B UIFBUSF PG DPOáJDU CFJOH PQFOFE VQ JO UIF /JHFS %FMUB Street light, Street view:

Okechukwu Enelemah (and Aisha Abubakar) Trade and Investment Enelemah and his deputy, Aisha Abubakar, have made remarkable efforts to consolidate on the progress made by the Jonathan’s administration in directing foreign investments into Nigeria. The most significant of the inflow is the $6 billion worth of investments that Chinese and Nigerian business men committed to during Buhari’s visit to China earlier in the year. Also in the kitty is the $150 million investment by Indorama Petrochemicals in a fertiliser export plant, now completed for the local and export markets.

With a capacity for 2,300 metric tonnes of Ammonia and 4,000 metric tonnes of granulated urea per day, Indorama is expected to create 1,500 direct and indirect jobs for the economy and it represents yet another milestone for the ministry.

His ministry has also strengthened its relations with the private sector to develop internationally acclaimed industrial zones for export, these include, Ladol Free Zone, Snake Island Integrated Free Zone and Ogun Guangdong Free Zone. He has facilitated a comprehensive review of policies that adversely impede ease of doing business in the country. The president is expected to announce the reviewed policies and inaugurate a council that monitors their implementation. Specifically, the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has begun the process of deploying a new application that will help speed up registration of businesses and decentralise its operations nationwide.

Under his watch, a new sugar company – Oyo State Sugarcane Processors Limited in Iseyin — is scheduled to start production before the end of the year, while six new companies have already started auto-assembly operations in the country. They are Honda, Tata, Coscharis Auto, Kewalram Charai, Perfections, and Aston motors. An additional five auto companies, including Century (Toyota), Higer, Leventis, Beiben and Tilad are looking to start before the end of the year.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r " /BUJPOBM *OEVTUSJBM 1PMJDZ BOE "VUPNPUJWF 1PMJDZ IBE CFFO VOWFJMFE r #BDLXBSE JOUFHSBUJPO QSPHSBNNFT GPS UIF DFNFOU BOE TVHBS

JOEVTUSJFT XFSF JO GVMM HFBS r &OBCMJOH FOWJSPONFOU XBT BUUSBDUJOH JOWFTUPST JOUP PUIFS TFDUPST PUIFS UIBO PJM BOE HBT What Nigerians want: r *NQMFNFOUBUJPO PG UIF JNQSFTTJWF QPMJDJFT JOIFSJUFE GSPN UIF QSFWJPVT BENJOJTUSBUJPO r .PSF JNQPSU TVCTUJUVUJPO BOE CBDLXBSE JOUFHSBUJPO QSPHSBNNFT UP FODPVSBHF JOWFTUNFOU JO PUIFS TFDUPST PG UIF FDPOPNZ r &OGPSDFNFOU BOE DPOUJOVJUZ PG DPOUSBDUT What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r /P DMFBS QPMJDZ PO USBEF JNQPSU TVCTUJUVUJPO BOE JOWFTUNFOU UP JODSFBTF '%* r (PPE UBML PO DSFBUJOH UIF FOBCMJOH FOWJSPONFOU GPS CVTJOFTTFT UP UISJWF Street light, Street view:

Solomon Dalung Sports and Youth Development Sport has experienced contrasting fortunes under Dalung. The Golden Eaglets brought fame to the country when they won an historic fifth FIFA U17 World Cup in Chile last year at the expense of Mali. The victory put a gloss on Nigeria’s record as the world’s most successful nation in the age grade category.

The U23 followed in the same path, when they won the Africa U23 Nations Cup in Senegal by beating Egypt.

Also last year, Nigeria shattered the myth when the men’s national basketball team, The Tigers, secured an historic Afro basket triumph in Tunisia after they beat Senegal. The victory handed Nigeria automatic qualification for the basketball event at the Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil. It will also make it the second time Nigeria will be playing in Olympic basketball event, having achieved similar feat in London four years ago.

But these are isolated achievements as sport has stalled like a rudderless ship under Dalung’s watch. First, Nigeria failed to qualify for the second successive Africa Cup of Nations tournaments after Egypt edged out the Super Eagles from the event billed for Gabon next year. He has also failed to reverse the factional crisis at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) with both Amaju Pinnick and Chris Giwa claiming to be the president of the football federation.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r 5IFSF XBT OP DPIFSFOU QPMJDZ GPS UIF BENJOJTUSBUJPO PG TQPSUT FTQFDJBMMZ GPPUCBMM r 4RVBCCMFT BOE UIF EJWJTJPOT JO UIF BENJOJTUSBUJPO PG GPPUCBMM SFNBJOFE VOSFTPMWFE r .JTNBOBHFNFOU BOE QBVDJUZ PG GVOET SFTVMUFE JO /JHFSJB T VOEFSQFSGPSNBODF JO NBKPS TQPSUJOH FWFOUT r /P QMBO UP HBJOGVMMZ FOHBHF ZPVUIT BOE DSFBUF FNQMPZNFOU PQQPSUVOJUJFT GPS UIFN What Nigerians want: r (PWFSONFOU BOE QSJWBUF TFDUPS GVOEJOH GPS TQPSUT EFWFMPQNFOU JO UIF DPVOUSZ r 5SBOTQBSFODZ BOE FOE PG HSBGU JO TQPSUT BENJOJTUSBUJPO r " CFUUFS BOE WJTJPOBSZ /'' r :PVUI BOE FOUSFQSFOFVSTIJQ QSPHSBNNFT What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r 4QPSUT FTQFDJBMMZ GPPUCBMM JT GBS XPSTF PGG UIBO %BMPOH NFU JU r $MVFMFTT BOE OP QMBO ESBXO VQ GPS ZPVUI EFWFMPQNFOU Street light, Street view:

Lai Mohammed Information and Culture Many have accused Mohammed of failing to draw a line between politics and governance as he has spent most of his precious time blaming the past administration for the visible inability of the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to roll back the sliding economy.

Although his job is to manage information about government policies, Mohammed has sometimes been caught napping, with the public seeing him as a propagandist rather than an informer, being confused by conflicting information disseminated about key government policies, including the recent upward review of petrol price.

The minister would need to harmonise the several information management units of the government to ensure that Nigerians have clear and reliable information about the programmes and policy of the Buhari administration.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r /JHFSJB IBE NJTTFE UIF EFBEMJOF GPS UIF EJHJUBM TXJUDIPWFS UXJDF r "MM UIF BHFODJFT VOEFS UIF JOGPSNBUJPO NJOJTUSZ FYDFQU UIF /JHFSJBO #SPBEDBTUJOH $PNNJTTJPO /#$ XFSF VOEFS QFSGPSNJOH

r 8IFSFBT UIF DVMUVSF BOE UPVSJTN NJOJTUSZ IBE OPU CFFO NFSHFE XJUI JOGPSNBUJPO UIF TFDUPS XBT TUJMM GBJMJOH UP DPOUSJCVUF TJHOJÃ DBOUMZ UP (%1 What Nigerians want: r 1PMJDJFT BOE BO FOBCMJOH FOWJSPONFOU UP BUUSBDU JOWFTUNFOUT JO IPTQJUBMJUZ BOE UPVSJTN TFDUPS r .FSHFS PG UIF /#$ XJUI /JHFSJBO $PNNVOJDBUJPOT $PNNJTTJPO /$$ GPS FOIBODFE MJDFOTJOH BOE BENJOJTUSBUJPO PG GSFRVFODZ TQFDUSVNT JO UIF DPVOUSZ r &GÃ DJFODZ BOE USBOTQBSFODZ JO UIF QSPEVDUJPO BOE EJTUSJCVUJPO PG UIF TFU VQ CPYFT r 'VMM SFTUSVDUVSJOH BOE DPNNFSDJBMJTBUJPO PG /5" /"/ '3$/ BOE 70/ UP QSPÃ UBCMF FOUJUJFT What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r "DUJWF NJOJTUFS JO JOGPSNBUJPO NBOBHFNFOU CVU ZFU UP TIFE IJT DBNQBJHO NPEF BOE GPDVT PO HPWFSOBODF r 1SPNJTJOH TUBSU CVU B MPU OFFET UP CF EPOF JO DVMUVSF BOE UPVSJTN r .PSF XPSL XPVME BMTP CF SFRVJSFE JO UVSOJOH BSPVOE UIF BHFODJFT VOEFS IJT NJOJTUSZ Street light, Street view:

Isaac Adewole (and Osagie Ehanire) Health Adewole and his deputy, Dr Osagie Ehanire, have made some good strides since they assumed duties six months ago.

To expand the scope of the Universal Health Coverage, the minister initiated a plan to build 10,000 health clinics across the 774 local councils across the country. They have also effectively checkmated the spread of Lassa Fever.

But in recent times, the ministry has been exposed by foreign global donors as a cesspool of graft. The indictment of Nigeria by Global Fund and GAVI, two Geneva-based global institutions, would compel Nigeria to cleanse its dirty and corrupt books.

Adewole is, however, a good fit for the Health ministry.

He understands the sector, he is tactful and dynamic, but would need to avoid overt meddlesomeness, which his intervention in the Medical and Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) suggests.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r 5ISFBU PG EPDUPST TUSJLF r 6OEFSGVOEFE BOE JMM FRVJQQFE IPTQJUBMT BOE DMJOJDT r $BQJUBM áJHIU UISPVHI NFEJDBM UPVSJTN r 1SFWBMFODF PG NBMBSJB UVCFSDVMPTJT BOE )*7 "*%4 MFBEJOH UP FBSMZ EFBUIT r *OGBOU BOE NBUFSOBM NPSUBMJUZ XBT TUJMM IJHI XIJMF MJGF FYQFDUBODZ XBT MPX BU GPS NFO BOE GPS XPNFO What Nigerians want: r $PODFSUFE TUSBUFHZ UP UBDLMF NBMBSJB UVCFSDVMPTJT JOGBOU BOE NBUFSOBM NPSUBMJUZ r *NQSPWFE GVOEJOH GPS QSJNBSZ BOE UFSUJBSZ IFBMUI JOTUJUVUJPOT OBUJPOXJEF r *NQSPWFE DPOEJUJPOT PG TFSWJDF BOE XFMGBSF GPS EPDUPST r %JTFBTF DPOUSPM QSPHSBNNFT BOE JNQSPWFNFOU JO UIF NBOBHFNFOU PG )*7 "*%4 DBTFT JO UIF DPVOUSZ r $POTUSVDUJPO PG XPSME DMBTT NFEJDBM GBDJMJUJFT UP SFEVDF NFEJDBM UPVSJTN What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r )FBMUI TFDUPS JT JO EJSF OFFE PG B DMFBS WJTJPO BOE TUSBUFHJD QMBO GPS QSJNBSZ BOE IFBMUIDBSF JOTUJUVUJPOT BT UIBU JT TUJMM NJTTJOH r .JOJTUFS ZFU UP BEESFTT UIF HSBGU JO IJT NJOJTUSZ Street light, Street view:

Adamu Adamu (and Anthony Anwukah) Education Adamu appears to be struggling to shrug off the mixed feelings that greeted Buhari’s preference for him as the substantive minister over his deputy, Anthony Anwukah, a professor of education.

The ministry has subsequently been on the slow lane as many issues adversely affecting education in the country have remained unresolved. Many of the electioneering promises by Buhari, including employment of 5,000 teachers are yet to be fulfilled. Meanwhile, there are subtle threats to the stability of the university system as lecturers being owed salaries are threatening to down tools even as the Non-Academic Staff Union is preparing to resist a planned reduction of non-academic staff in Nigerian universities.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r 'BMMJOH FEVDBUJPO TUBOEBSET BDSPTT QSJNBSZ TFDPOEBSZ BOE VOJWFSTJUZ FEVDBUJPO r 5ISFBUT PG TUSJLF CZ VOJWFSTJUZ MFDUVSFST r "CTFODF PG USBJOJOH GPS UFBDIFST BOE MFDUVSFST BDSPTT CPBSE

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MINISTERIAL DASHBOARD r "CTFODF PG SFTFBSDI JO /JHFSJBO VOJWFSTJUJFT r #SPLFO EPXO TDIPPM JOGSBTUSVDUVSF BOE GBDJMJUJFT r $BQJUBM áJHIU UISPVHI FEVDBUJPO UPVSJTN r " IVNPOHPVT FEVDBUJPO NJOJTUSZ XJUI UIF MBSHFTU OVNCFS PG UIF BHFODJFT JO UIF QVCMJD TFDUPS BMM GBMMJOH PWFS UIFNTFMWFT r (SBGU BOE JOFGà DJFODZ JO UIF TFDUPS What Nigerians want: r *NQSPWFE FEVDBUJPO TUBOEBSET UISPVHI B 4USBUFHJD .BTUFS 1MBO UIBU BEESFTTFT UIF OFFET BOE SFTUSVDUVSJOH PG UIF TFDUPS r .PSF GVOEJOH GPS FEVDBUJPO r #FUUFS FEVDBUFE BOE USBJOFE UFBDIFST BOE MFDUVSFST r #FUUFS DPOEJUJPOT PG TFSWJDF BOE XFMGBSF GPS UFBDIFST BOE MFDUVSFST r " USJNNFE FEVDBUJPO NJOJTUSZ BOE DPOTPMJEBUJPO PG JUT TFWFSBM QBSBTUBUBMT What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r 5IF SJHIU TPVOE CJUFT GSPN UIF NJOJTUFS CVU OP SFTVMUT ZFU r )F CVOHMFE UIF TBDL BOE BQQPJOUNFOU PG VOJWFSTJUZ WJDF chancellors Street light, Street view:

Chris Ngige Labour and Employment Although Ngige has weathered the storm of the first dispute between labour and government over the upward review of petrol price, more potential crisis lay ahead of him.

With negotiations ongoing over the appropriate price of petrol and workers’ demand for an upward review of minimum wage, Ngige has his plate full and his competence as a manager of government-labour relations would soon be tested. So far his handling of the protest against petrol price increase, showed him as being abreast of the dynamics of labour relations. Meanwhile, the minister needs to also begin to tell Nigerians his strategy for implementing some key policies his ministry has been saddled with.

These include creation of employment for the army of unemployed, recruitment of 5,000 teachers and provision of unemployment benefits for the jobless.

Where we were on May 29, 2015 r 3JTJOH VOFNQMPZNFOU r 3FTUJWF MBCPVS VOJPOT JO UIF FEVDBUJPO BOE IFBMUIDBSF TFDUPST r /PO QBZNFOU PG TBMBSJFT CZ TFWFSBM TUBUFT PG UIF GFEFSBUJPO What Nigerians want r "O FOBCMJOH FOWJSPONFOU BOE TUSBUFHJFT GPS KPC DSFBUJPO BOE FNQMPZNFOU PQQPSUVOJUJFT r *NQSPWFE XPSLJOH DPOEJUJPOT BOE XFMGBSF GPS XPSLFST r 1BZNFOU PG TBMBSJFT BT BOE XIFO EVF r *NQSPWFE OFHPUJBUJPOT XJUI MBCPVS UP BWFSU TUSJLFT What the minister has done or is doing to get there r 6OEFS /HJHF VOFNQMPZNFOU IBT SFNBJOFE IJHI BOE JT SJTJOH r #VU IF NBOBHFE UIF /-$ GVFM TUSJLF FGGFDUJWFMZ BOE CSPLF UIF CBDL PG MBCPVS r /FFET UP EP B MPU NPSF XPSL PO KPC DSFBUJPO r )JT OFHPUJBUJPOT TLJMMT PO UIF EFNBOET GPS B SFWJFX PG UIF OBUJPOBM NJOJNVN XBHF XJMM CF QVU UP UIF UFTU Street light, Street view:

Ogbonnaya Onu Science and Technology Onu has refocused the ministry on its mandate of applying science technology and innovation to drive economic growth, making several trips to China, Indonesia and Korea where MoUs have been signed between those countries and Nigeria. Since assumption of duty as minister, he has aligned the ministry’s 17 parastatals and agencies with Nigerian universities and industries.

According to him, researches developed by the ministry should no longer be left on the shelves or libraries, saying no nation ever developed without the application of science and technology. He has devoted 6 per cent of the ministry’s appropriation to research and development.

As part of his linkage programmes, FIIRO, one of the ministry’s agencies, is collaborating with NASCO in Jos for the production of vitamin enriched biscuits for both the Nigerian army and school children, which will form part of its school feeding programme. Also, another agency, the National Chemical Institute for Chemical Technology, has developed a home grown solution to the ravaging tomato’s pest tuta absoluta, otherwise known as tomato ‘Ebola.’ Where we were on May 29, 2015: r /JHFSJB XBT UFDIOPMPHJDBMMZ CBDLXBSE BOE SFMJBOU PO UFDIOPMPHZ USBOTGFST What Nigerians want: r 5FDIOPMPHJDBM BEWBODFNFOU UISPVHI SFTFBSDI BOE EFWFMPQNFOU JOOPWBUJPO BOE SFWFSTF FOHJOFFSJOH r 3FXBSE BOE SFDPHOJUJPO GPS UFDIOPMPHJDBM CSFBLUISPVHIT

A SPECIAL REPORT What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r (PPE UBML OP SFTVMUT ZFU Street light, Street view:

Hadi Sirika Aviation Rated as a round peg in a round hole, having being a stakeholder in the aviation sector, Sirika was expected to turn aviation around. However, faced with the challenge of paucity of funds and high level of deterioration of airport infrastructure, the minister is turning to private players and investors to play prominent roles in lifting the airports out of their present decayed state.

A financial transaction committee has been set up for the establishment of the national carrier to compete with others, including British Airways, Emirate and Ethiopian airlines.

Nigeria, rated as a viable aviation hub in West and Central Africa, is said to have market potential of 600 million people.

With the plan to concession the nation’s 22 airports, the ongoing infrastructure upgrade of four modern airport terminals in Lagos, Abuja Port Harcourt and Kano being handled by the Chinese is expected to be completed before the end of the year. However, Sirika still has his head in the clouds on the establishment of a national carrier, a project which has very little hope of seeing the light of day.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r "JS TBGFUZ TUJMM MFGU B MPU UP CF EFTJSFE r %PNFTUJD BJSMJOFT XFSF JO EJSF TUSBJUT BOE CPHHFE EPXO CZ EFCU r "JSQPSU VQHSBEF BOE FYQBOTJPO IBE CFFO BCBOEPOFE r "JSQPSU JOGSBTUSVDUVSF XBT TVCTUBOEBSE r (SBGU BOE JOFGÃ DJFODZ JO UIF BWJBUJPO TFDUPS What Nigerians want: r 4BGFS BOE TFDVSF TLJFT r $POTPMJEBUJPO JO UIF BWJBUJPO TFDUPS GPS JNQSPWFE GVOEJOH BOE FDPOPNJFT PG TDBMF r $PNQMFUJPO PG BJSQPSU QSPKFDUT r 6QHSBEF PG BJSQPSU JOGSBTUSVDUVSF UP XPSME DMBTT TUBOEBSET r $PODFTTJPO PG UIF BJSQPSUT What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r 5IF SJHIU TPVOE CJUFT GSPN UIF NJOJTUFS CVU OP SFTVMUT ZFU r )F XPVME EP CFUUFS CZ TIFMWJOH IJT HSBOEJPTF QMBO GPS B national carrier Street light, Street view:

Abubakar Malami Attorney General and Minister of Justice So far, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has yet to prove cynics wrong that he would not run the ministry the way it was under the previous regime. Although, he started very well by meeting with the ministry’s staff and listened to their grievances, there is little evidence to prove that he is addressing the major challenges brought to his attention.

Similarly, his attempt to lead negotiations on behalf of the federal government on the N780 billion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria Limited has been stalled, leaving Nigerians wondering if the telecommunications giant has been let off the hook.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r 8JEFTQSFBE DPSSVQUJPO JO DPVOUSZ r /PO QSPTFDVUJPO PG UIPVTBOET PG QSJTPO TVTQFDUT BXBJUJOH trial What Nigerians want: r 4QFFEZ QSPTFDVUJPO PG TVTQFDUT r $SFBUJPO PG TQFDJBM DPVSUT UP TQFFEJMZ USZ DPSSVQUJPO DBTFT r %JMJHFOU QSPTFDVUJPO PG DPSSVQUJPO DBTFT r *OTUJUVUJPOT SFGPSNT UP DIFDL HSBGU What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r *O MJOF XJUI UIF BOUJ DPSSVQUJPO NBOUSB PG UIF BENJOJTUSBUJPO .BMBNJ VOMJLF IJT QSFEFDFTTPST IBT OPU UBNQFSFE XJUI PS PCTUSVDUFE JOWFTUJHBUJPOT CZ UIF BOUJ DPSSVQUJPO BHFODJFT Street light, Street view:

Rotimi Amaechi Transportation Amaechi has been preoccupied with the completion of the rail tracks linking the North, West and South-east of the country. Also on the block is the 186km KadunaAbuja rail track, which is billed for inauguration by

Buhari before the end of the year.

Beyond completing projects started by the Goodluck Jonathan administration, he has committed to building a University of Transportation, where Nigerians in the rail sector would acquire skills for the production of spare parts that would be needed when all the regions get connected with rail tracks.

Recently, Amaechi held a series of meetings with stakeholders to map out an efficient road sector master plan, even as he plans to harness the advantages of the maritime sector, which he believes could rake in substantial foreign exchange for the country.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r 3BJMXBZ SFIBCJMJUBUJPO BOE FYQBOTJPO XBT BU JUT JOGBODZ XJUI B GFX GVODUJPOBM SBJM MJOFT r ,FZ SBJMXBZ QSPKFDUT IBE CFFO TUBMMFE EVF UP MBDL PG DPVOUFSQBSU GVOEJOH r 1PSU TFSWJDFT XFSF TUJMM CPHHFE CZ CPUUMFOFDLT BOE UPMMHBUFT TFU VQ CZ B QMFUIPSB PG BHFODJFT BU UIF TFBQPSUT What Nigerians want: r 'VODUJPOBM SBJMXBZT DSJTTDSPTTJOH UIF DPVOUSZ BOE FOIBODJOH UIF NPWFNFOU PG HPPET BOE DPNNVUFST r $PVOUFSQBSU GVOEJOH UP TQFFE VQ UIF DPOTUSVDUJPO PG OFX SBJM QSPKFDUT r &MJNJOBUJPO PG UPMMHBUFT BOE HSBGU BU UIF TFBQPSUT What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r 5IF SJHIU TPVOE CJUFT GSPN UIF NJOJTUFS CVU OP SFTVMUT ZFU r %JTUSBDUFE CZ 3JWFST QPMJUJDT Street light, Street view:

Abdulrahman Dambazzau Interior The rising internal security challenges in the country may have tasked Dambazzau’s famed intellect, as the defeat of the terrorist Boko Harm sect on the North-eastern flank of the country yields ground to a new threat: the marauding Fulani herdsmen, who maim and kill farmers in a bid to grab grazing land for their cattle. In the Niger Delta, militancy is on the upsurge, threatening the security of crude oil and gas pipelines used for exports and domestic consumption.

Dambazzau as minister of interior supervises the police and the civil defence, both organisations are primarily responsible for internal security. He would, therefore, need to work with other ministries, including defence and the office of the National Security Adviser to deal with the worsening internal security situation.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r 3JTJOH DSJNF XBWF FTQFDJBMMZ LJEOBQQJOH r 1SJTPOT CVSTUJOH BU UIF TFBNT r -PX NPSBM PG PGÃ DFST BOE NFO JO UIF QPMJDF GPSDF r 0GÃ DJBMT PG UIF /JHFSJBO *NNJHSBUJPO 4FSWJDF /*4 VOBCMF UP QPMJDF UIF DPVOUSZ T CPSEFST What Nigerians want: r 4BGFS BOE TFDVSF DJUJFT UPXOT BOE WJMMBHFT r $POTUSVDUJPO PG NPSF QSJTPOT BOE UIFJS EFDPOHFTUJPO r 3FGPSN PG UIF QPMJDF GPSDF BOE JNQSPWFE XFMGBSF GPS UIF QPMJDF r 3FGPSN PG UIF /*4 What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r (PPE QMBO GPS UIF QPMJDF BOE JNNJHSBUJPO CVU XFBL SFTQPOTF UP IFSETNFO BOE DBUUMF SVTUMJOH Street light, Street view:

Audu Ogbeh (and Heineken Lokpobiri) Agriculture Ogbeh, the experienced farmer and politician, has been very articulate about the challenges of the sector and the way forward to making the country self-sufficient in food production.

With Heineken Lokpobiri, his deputy, constantly by his side, Ogbeh has spoken eloquently about the need for government to encourage commercial farming by adequately funding the sector and providing improved seedlings and farming inputs to the small scale farmers.

It is, however, yet to be seen how he, in concrete terms, intends to take the agriculture sector forward.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r 5IF FNQIBTJT PO JNQSPWJOH BHSJDVMUVSF PVUQVU GPS GPPE TFDVSJUZ TUBSUFE XJUI UIF MBTU BENJOJTUSBUJPO r &OIBODFE EJTUSJCVUJPO PG GFSUJMJ[FS BOE FMJNJOBUJPO PG NJEEMFNFO JO UIF TVQQMZ DIBJO What Nigerians want: r 'PPE TFDVSJUZ BOE KPC DSFBUJPO UISPVHI GBSNJOH BDUJWJUJFT r 4JOHMF EJHJU MPBOT BOE NJDSP DSFEJU TDIFNFT GPS GBSNFST r *NQPSU TVCTUJUVUJPO TUSBUFHJFT UIBU XPVME SFEVDF GPPE JNQPSUT BOE DPOTFSWF GPSFJHO FYDIBOHF What the minister has done or is doing to get there:

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A SPECIAL REPORT r )BT USBOTGPSNFE UIF 4PLPUP ,FCCJ BYJT UP B NBTTJWF SJDF HSPXJOH CFMU r .PWJOH UPXBSET JNQPSU TVCTUJUVUJPO r #VU B MPU NPSF OFFET UP CF EPOF JO PUIFS TUBUFT BOE PUIFS DBTI DSPQT JO UFSNT PG QPMJDZ BOE FYFDVUJPO Street light, Street view:

Adebayo Shittu Communication Technology Shittu’s promise to make the telecommunications sector the country’s cash cow has been hampered by lack of broadband infrastructure.

The deficiency of broadband, which has 10 per cent penetration is negatively impacting on the telecommunication services as both the major and small operators are said to be delivering services below optimal level.

Of great interest to many Nigerians is the N780 billion fine slammed on MTN, by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), for the violation of the SIM card mandatory registration regulations. While MTN and government have agreed to settle out of court, only N50 billion has so far been paid while further negotiations on the fine have been stalled.

However, the minister’s moves to acquire two more satellites to complement the NIGCOMSAT 1R is seen as a step in the right direction. Another cheering news from the sector is the provision of an IOT services by NIGCOMSAT Limited to Belarus for the next 15 years. The country will earn substantial foreign exchange from this deal.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r /JHFSJB IBE BDIJFWFE B UFMFEFOTJUZ PG QFS DFOU CVU XBT TUJMM MBHHJOH CFIJOE JO CSPBECBOE QFOFUSBUJPO r 5IF UFMFDPNNVOJDBUJPOT TFDUPS T DPOUSJCVUJPO UP (%1 IBE SJTFO UP QFS DFOU What Nigerians want: r *NQSPWFE BOE DIFBQFS BDDFTT UP CSPBECBOE r *NQSPWFE SFHVMBUPSZ PWFSTJHIU PG UIF UFMFDPNT PQFSBUPST r &OGPSDFNFOU PG TUBOEBSET BOE RVBMJUZ PG TFSWJDF What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r 4IJUUV NPSF UIBO BOZUIJOH FMTF IBT GPDVTFE PO UIF / CJMMJPO Ã OF JNQPTFE PO .5/ /JHFSJB -JNJUFE CZ /$$ r )F IBE NBEF WFSZ MJUUMF FGGPSU UP JNQSPWF BDDFTT UP CSPBECBOE Street light, Street view:

Muhammed Musa Bello Federal Capital Territory Unlike his predecessors, Bello has been a quiet operator. He faced enormous task of repositioning the Federal Capital Territory to be one of the 20 most developed cities in the world. As pointers, part of his task is to improve the territory’s environment, transportation, waste management and development of the satellite towns in view of population upsurge. Not much improvement has been noticed though except that recently he dissolved the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) to rid the territory of filth, street beggars, street hawkers and all other environmental problems. The moved was to help the AEPB recover debt to the tune of N9.8 billion.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r 5IF "CVKB NFUSPQPMJT XJUOFTTFE HSPXUI UIBU XBT SJWBMFE POMZ CZ -BHPT r #VU JUT TVCVSCT SFNBJOFE VOQMBOOFE BOE MBDLFE CBTJD amenities r "MTP UIF TUSFFU IBXLFST XIJDI /BTJS FM 3VGBJ HPU SJE PG BT '$5 NJOJTUFS IBE SFTVSGBDFE What Nigerians want: r %FQMPZNFOU PG JOGSBTUSVDUVSF BOE BNFOJUJFT JO "CVKB T TVCVSCT BOE TIBOUZUPXOT r " ESPQ JO UIF DSJNF XBWF r " DMFBO BOE TFDVSF DJUZ r " HPPE USBOTQPSUBUJPO OFUXPSL BOE CFÃ UUJOH BJSQPSU What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r (PPE UBML OP SFTVMUT ZFU Street light, Street view:

Kayode Fayemi Solid Minerals Easily one of the sharpest minds in the Buhari administration, Fayemi has methodically approached his brief. He says given the prostrate state of the economy, the nation needs

to diversify its revenue base in order to achieve sustainable growth. For him, the solid minerals sector offers sustainable alternative to oil if only it could be properly organised.

Subsequently, the minister has inaugurated a 17-man committee to develop a 24-month short-term plan, 10-year mid-term plan, and 25-year long term plan for the solid minerals industry. The committee is chaired by Prof.

Ibrahim Garba and co-chaired by Prof. Siyan Malomo.

Hopefully, the committee’s report and recommendations would give the federal government direction in the sector that has remained a potential cash cow of the nation for years.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r 0UIFS UIBO MJNFTUPOF BOE UP B MFTTFS FYUFOU TUPOF RVBSSJFT /JHFSJB T WBTU NJOFSBM SFTPVSDFT SFNBJOFE VOUBQQFE r *MMFHBM NJOJOH BDUJWJUJFT BMTP EFQSJWFE UIF HPWFSONFOU GSPN SFWFOVF r .PSJCVOE TUFFM QBOUT JO "KBPLVUB BOE "MBEKB What Nigerians want: r " DPODFSUFE BOE EJMJHFOU NBSDI UPXBSET UIF FYQMPSBUJPO BOE FYQMPJUBUJPO PG UIF DPVOUSZ T WBTU NJOFSBM SFTPVSDFT r .JOJOH PG DPBM GPS DPBM QPXFSFE TUBUJPOT BT BO BMUFSOBUJWF UP UIFSNBM FOFSHZ r 1SJWBUJTBUJPO PG UIF "KBPLVUB TUFFM QMBOU UP TFSJPVT JOWFTUPST XJUI EFFQ QPDLFUT UP UVSO JU BSPVOE What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r $MFBS WJTJPO BOE QMBO CVU B MPU OFFET UP CF EPOF PO FYFDVUJPO r .BQQJOH PG UIF DPVOUSZ T NJOFSBM SFTPVSDFT BOE B QMBO GPS UIF SF BXBSE PG MJDFODFT UP TFSJPVT JOWFTUPST Street light, Street view:

Geoffrey Onyema (and Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim) Foreign Affairs Believing that the country’s foreign policy has to be informed by its basic domestic policy objectives, Onyema has skilfully narrowed the scope of his office to getting foreign countries relevant to the realisation of the success of the Buhari administration’s priorities programmes, Security, Economy and Corruption.

He has, therefore, arranged several bilateral discussions and visits between President Buhari and the relevant foreign heads of states, including US President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping of China.

Although the visits have come under severe criticisms by Nigerians, Onyema has been quick to defend them as a necessity to help Nigeria resolve some of its security and economic challenges. For instance, he said the visits to Benin, Chad and Niger were to seek collaboration in tackling the insurgency which was a global issue and was ravaging the North-east region of Nigeria.

Similarly, he said, in the face of falling oil price, the president also emphasised the need to diversify into Agriculture, Solid Minerals Mining. And to woo direct foreign investors into those sectors, the president visited Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya and South Africa where he signed agreements and MoUs. Where we were on May 29, 2015: r "O JODPIFSFOU GPSFJHO QPMJDZ r 3FMBUJPOT XFSF TUSBJOFE XJUI TPNF PG /JHFSJB T DMPTFTU BMMJFT TVDI BT UIF 6OJUFE 4UBUFT r /JHFSJB T JOBCJMJUZ UP TUFN UIF #PLP )BSBN JOTVSHFODZ BOE GSFF UIF $IJCPL HJSMT HPU UIF QBTU BENJOJTUSBUJPO B MPU PG CBE JOUFSOBUJPOBM QSFTT What Nigerians want: r " DPIFSFOU GPSFJHO QPMJDZ UIBU TFFLT UP QSPUFDU UIF JOUFSFTU PG /JHFSJB BOE JUT DJUJ[FOT Ã STU r " SFCSBOEFE JNBHF GPS /JHFSJB What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r " MPU PG USBWFM BOE HPPE UBML CVU OP SFTVMUT ZFU Street light, Street view:

Amina Mohammed Environment Mohammed, who came to her job with vast experience as a senior presidential aide on the Millennium Development Goals (MDAs), upon assuming office identified the major challenges of her ministry as taking key climate action and protecting the environment. Consequently, she has taken steps to facilitate the clean-up of the Niger Delta, especially the Ogoni land using her influence with the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP. The minister has also worked and got approval for Nigeria

by UNEP to trade with other countries in all endangered plants and animal species.

Where we were on May 29, 2015:

r (BT áBSJOH BOE FOWJSPONFOUBM EFHSBEBUJPO PG UIF /JHFS %FMUB SFNBJOFE VOBEESFTTFE r %FTFSU FODSPBDINFOU XBT BMTP JHOPSFE r 3FGVTBM EJTQPTBM BOE USFBUNFOU PG OPO CJPEFHSBEBCMF XBTUF SFNBJOFE B QSPCMFN BOE UISFBU UP UIF FOWJSPONFOU What Nigerians want: r " DMFBO BOE HSFFO FOWJSPONFOU r &OE PG XBUFS MBOE BOE BJS QPMMVUJPO What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r $MFBO VQ PG 0HPOJMBOE BOE QMBO UP MJNJU VTBHF PG OPO CJPEFHSBEBCMF DFMMPQIBOF CBHT XSBQT BOE QMBTUJDT r #VU OFFET BDUJPO PO HBT áBSFT DMJNBUF DIBOHF BOE EFTFSU encroachment Street light, Street view:

Aisha Alhassan Women Affairs When Alhassan assumed duty last November, she pledged to revamp the National Gender Policy so as to meet the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerian women.

She spoke specifically about empowering rural women, whom she said made up 70 per cent of the rural population.

But six months on, the minister who has the responsibility of mainstreaming opportunities for women and the girlchild has not been vocal enough in this regard as the only legal instrument for achieving this, the Gender Equality Bill, pending before the National Assembly suffered a fatal blow early in the year as it was killed in the Senate.

She was not known to have actively supported the bill neither has anything been heard from her about the missing Chibok girls.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r 7JPMFODF BHBJOTU XPNFO BOE DIJMESFO SFNBJOFE PO UIF SJTF r /PO EPNFTUJDBUJPO PG UIF $IJME 3JHIUT "DU JO NBOZ TUBUFT PG UIF GFEFSBUJPO r -JQ TFSWJDF XBT QBJE UP UIF FEVDBUJPO PG UIF HJSM DIJME What Nigerians want: r .JDSP DSFEJU TDIFNFT GPS GFNBMF GBSNFST BOE TNBMM CVTJOFTTFT SVO CZ XPNFO r %PNFTUJDBUJPOT PG UIF $IJME 3JHIUT "DU JO FWFSZ TUBUF PG UIF GFEFSBUJPO BOE JUT FOGPSDFNFOU r &RVBM PQQPSUVOJUJFT GPS XPNFO UISPVHI UIF SFJOUSPEVDUJPO BOE QBTTBHF PG UIF (FOEFS &RVBMJUZ #JMM CZ UIF /BUJPOBM "TTFNCMZ r &EVDBUJPO GPS UIF HJSM DIJME r &OE PG GPSDFE BOE FBSMZ NBSSJBHFT What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r /P DPIFSFOU QPMJDZ UIBU DPVME CF BUUSJCVUFE UP UIF NJOJTUFS Street light, Street view:

Suleiman Adamu Water Resources Adamu, an engineer, met a daunting task of providing water for about 54 million Nigerians who do not have access to potable water. Also calling for his attention were dozens of abandoned dams and irrigation projects spread across the several river basins in the country.

The minister, however, thought it was better for him to approach his job by ascertaining the precise depth of the problem, hence he commissioned the updating of the water needs of Nigerians.

To his credit, the updates of the national database on water supply and sanitation for all states in Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory is now at an advanced stage even as he targets increasing the irrigable land in the country from 70,000ha to 500,000ha in the next 15 years.

Adamu is also working on a new nationwide water and sanitation programme that would be partly private-sector driven, that would create job opportunities for the youths who would be trained on water and sanitation-based enterprises.

Where we were on May 29, 2015: r NJMMJPO /JHFSJBOT MBDLFE BDDFTT UP QPSUBCMF XBUFS BOE clean sanitation r %P[FOT PG BCBOEPOFE EBNT BOE JSSJHBUJPO QSPKFDUT What Nigerians want: r "DDFTT UP DMFBO XBUFS r 3FTVTDJUBUJPO PG EBNT BOE JSSJHBUJPO QSPKFDUT GPS FOIBODFE GBSNJOH BDUJWJUJFT What the minister has done or is doing to get there: r 8PSL IBT SFBDIFE BO BEWBODFE TUBHF PO B OFX OBUJPOXJEF XBUFS TBOJUBUJPO QSPHSBNNF CVU FYFDVUJPO PO JODSFBTJOH BDDFTT UP QPSUBCMF XBUFS SFNBJOT UP CF TFFO Street light, Street view: