The Rivers State Governor Rt Hon Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi emerged the overall winner in the best performing Nigerian governors poll. The poll which ran across various online fora, social network platforms as well as the premiumratings site lasted for one month and saw several participants within and across Nigeria. The poll was based on the major sectors of the Nigerian state economy which include: Agriculture, Infrastructure, Education, Health, Security, Rural and region Development (development outside the state capital), Job Creation/Human Capital Development and Resource management/ Prudence.
After collation and computation of all the poll results the Rivers State governor Rt Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi emerged the overall winner polling 47.11% of the total polls after coming tops in Education, Health, Job creation/human Capital development and Agricultural sectors of the economy. The Lagos State government Babatunde Fashola came second after polling 9.61% of the total and the Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha came third after polling 9.25%.
the following table shows the top 15 most performing governors in Nigeria and their percentage polls
N Governor State % poll of total 1 Rotimi Amaechi Rivers 47.11 2 Babatunde Fashola Lagos 9.61 3 Rochas Okorocha Imo 9.21 4 Godswill Akpabio Akwa Ibom 8.19 5 Sule Lamido Jigawa 6.41 6 Rabiu Kwankwaso Kano 4.27 7 Ahmed Abdulfatah Kwara 3.91 8 Willie Obiano Anambra 3.56 9 Sullivan Chime Enugu 2.49 10 Shehu Shema Katsin 1.78 11 Rauf Aregbesola Osun 1.07 12 Aliyu Wamakko Sokoto 0.71 13 Adams Oshemole Edo 0.7 14 Abiola Ajimobi Oyo 0.7 15 Ibinkunle Amosun Ogun 0.36 SECTORAL BREAK DOWN OF THE POLL RESULTS
Agriculture: the Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amachi came tops in the Agricultural sector after polling 34.15% of the total polls in the Agric sector while Kwara State governor Ahmed Abdulfatah polled a total of 29.27% and the Sokoto State governor Wamakko came third by managing 4.88% . participants who rooted for the Rivers State governor pointed out his various Agricultural initiative and programs which includes but not limited to: Songai farm initiatives which some pointed out is twenty times its prototype in Porto novo, Benin Republic, fish farming taking place in several LGAs , Banana plantation in Tai covering over a thousand hectares of land, oil palm plantation, rubber plantation, cassava plantation, poultry farming, among others.
Some Rivers Government owned farms
Infrastructure: The Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio came tops after polling 41.67% of the total polls in this sector. The Lagos and Rivers State governors Babatunde Fashola and Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi tied in second position after polling a total of 20.83% each while Jigawa state governor Sule Lamido came third after managing 6.25% of the total polls. A Cross section of participants who commented emphasized the uncommon transformation of Akwa Ibom state from relatively rural town to a modern city with one of the best road networks in the country. Some commentators also made reference to some monumental projects embarked by the state government such as the new airport, stadium, aesthetic bridges among others
Some Infrastructure in Akwa Ibom State
Education: In Education sector, the Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi came tops with 67.92% of the total polls while The Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha came second after securing 26.41% of the polls. Kano State governor came third with 3.77%. most participant who commented stated that the Rivers State government built the best Schools in the country numbering hundreds with facilities of international standard. Some also pointed out how the Rivers state government has been able to transformed the once ailing state university to one of the best universities in the country.
Rivers State Primary Schools
Rivers State Secondary Schools
Health: In Health sector, the Rivers State governor Chibuike Amaechi once again sits at the top after garnering an outstanding 85.11% of total polls. The Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha came second with 6.38% while Kano state governor Rabiu Kwankwaso came third after managing 4.26% of the total polls. Majority of the participants who commented noted that the Rivers State government health policies remains the best in the country as its free Medicare is being carried out in over a hundred primary health centers built across the state in addition to a few secondary health centers built. some also cited that he trained over four hundred doctors abroad to manage the health centers and its facilities.
Posted: at 30-01-2015 03:21 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie
What is Governor Ahmed Abdulfatah duin on d list? I am a Kwaranian,but dat won't stop me 4rm criticising Kwara Governor. Go 2 Kwara and see death trap called road,all he does is operation fill pot hole
Posted: at 30-01-2015 09:10 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
What is Governor Ahmed Abdulfatah duin on d list? I am a Kwaranian,but dat won't stop me 4rm criticising Kwara Governor. Go 2 Kwara and see death trap called road,all he does is operation fill pot hole
I do agree with you, all Kwara State Governors are useless to the core, I am also from that state and I know how useless these stupid elite do behave in the state, what a shame...
Posted: at 30-01-2015 09:51 PM (10 years ago) | Newbie