National institute of policy and strategic studies (NIIP) senior executive course participants had on Monday met with the FCT Minister Mallam Musa Bello, after the minister expressed optimism that the participant at (NIPPS) will in the course of their studies proffer solutions to challenges facing governance at the local government level.
Speaking at the event Mallam Musa Bello noted that local governments or area councils as they are called in the FCT are the tier of government closest to the citizenry, have strategic roles to play in delivering dividends of democracy to the grassroots populace.
In his remarks, the leader of the delegation of (NIPP) delegation Prof. Sunday Ochoche expressed appreciation to the FCT Minister for the high quality participants sponsored by the FCTA to the Institute.
He stressed that effective local governance involves the Federal, State and Local governments, traditional institutions as well as Non-governmental organizations.
Also speaking at the event, the permanent secretary of the FCTA Mr. Olusade Adesola stated that the administration would be happy to tap in the wealth of knowledge and experience of the participants to build an FCT all Nigerians would be proud of.
Also present at the event were Rear Admiral AA Adesope, the Directing Staff of the delegation, the FCT Commissioner of Police Sunday Babaji, FCT Commandant of the NSCDC, Sector Commander of the FRSC Mr Oche Ogar Samuel, and Chief of Staff to the FCT Minister, Malam Bashir Mai-Bornu, Mandate Secretaries, heads of SDAs in the FCTA, religious and traditional leaders.
