OUR TEAM
The Editorial Board
The Editorial Board is a network of well-read and learned professionals which consist mainly of:
- Persons familiar with one or more academic disciplines relevant to local government administration, sustainable development, democracy and good governance.
- Persons who are active in areas of development, communication and education (such as Journalists, Social Development Promoters and Civil Society Activist)
- Persons familiar with various United Nations and other international agencies and with certain government department related to local government.
Editor – in – Chief:
Prof Chijioke C. Ikokwu; CEO, ITAS Centre Nigeria
Editor – at – Large:
Prof. Alex E. O. Animalu; FAS, NOM (Emeritus Professor and Honorary Chair of the Board
Associate Editors
– Prof. Hilary Inyang; Former President, African University of Science and Tech, Nigeria.
– Prof. Ikemefuna Uzochukwu; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
– Dr. Mahbubul Joarder; American Institute of Management Consultants, New York USA.
– Prof. Tamara Dudar: National Aviation University, Kyiv, Ukraine.
– Dr. Mahmoud Alhaji Garba; Director-General, Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency, Nigeria.
– Dr. Sylvester Okere; President, People United for African Congress, USA.
– Prof. Anselm Onyimonyi; University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria.
-Kayode Asaju Ph. D: Associate Professor. Federal University, Wukari- Nigeria.
– Jide Ifedayo Ibietan, PhD: Associate Professor of Public Admin;Covenant University, Ota-Nigeria.
– Shafi’u Abubakar Kurfi: Department of Accountancy, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina.
Editorial Advisers
– Prof. Tony Ogiamien , President , American Heritage University of Southern Ca. USA
– Dr. Bernard Obiatuegwu , Veteran Journalist and Editorial Consultant
In-House Editors/Management Team
– Chijioke C. Ikokwu
– Zakari Yau Nadabo
The Board Of Recommendation:
These are network of endorsers, influencers and patrons whose works are related to local government management and or in the position to influence policy decisions in local governance and sustainable development in general.
– Sen. Ramoni Mustapha: Chair, Senate Committee on States and Local Governments
– Sen. Ezenwa Onyewuchi: Vice Chair, Senate Committee on States and Local Governments
– Rt. Hon. Tijani Damisa: Chair, House Committee of FCT Area Councils & Ancillary Matters
– Rt. Hon. Micah Y. Jiba: Vice Chair, House Committee on FCT Area Councils & Ancillary Matters
– Hon.Mustapha Danze : Chairman, FCT Assoc. of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON)
– Hon. Sir G.C.Onyendilefu: Abia State Commissioner for Local Governments
– Hon. Udo Ekpenyong: Akwaibom State Commissioner for Local Governments
– Hon. Greg Obi Ikechukwu: Anambra State Commissioner for Local Governments
– Hon. Nasurideen Mohammed: Bauchi State Commissioner for Local Governments
– His Excellency, Hon. Munir Muhammad Dan’iya, Deputy Governor and Overseer, Sokoto State Ministry for Local Government
– Hon. Isa Ramat Saidu: Chairman FCT Area Councils Service Commission
– Comrade Ibraheem Khaleel: National President, National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE)
– Hon. Muhammad Umar: Adamawa State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs
– Hon. Abdulrazaq Nuhu Zaki: Bauchi State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
– Hon. Adamu Alhaji Lawan: Borno State Commissioner for Local Government And Emirate Affairs
– Hon. Stella Oreme Odey: Cross River State Commissioner for Local Governments Affairs
– Hon. Barr. Samuel Okoronkwo: Ebonyi State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
– Hon. Barr. Peter Okonkwo: Enugu State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs
– Hon. Monday Osaigbovo: Edo State Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs
– Hon. Adio Folayan: Ekiti State Commissioner for Local Governments
– Hon Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo Waziri: Gombe State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
– Hon. Kabiru Hassan Sugungum: Jigawa State Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Development
– Hon. Ja’afaru Ibrahim Sani: Kaduna State Commissioner for Local Government Affairs
– Hon. Murtala Sule Garo: Kano State Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development
– Hon. Alhaji Ya’u Gwajogwajo: Kastina State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
– Hon. Alhaji Hassan Shalla: Kebbi State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
– Hon. Abdulsalam Ozigi Deedat: Kogi State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
– Hon. Aisha Ahman Pategi: Kwara State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
– Hon. Dr. Wale Ahmed: Lagos State Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs
– Hon. Yusuf A. Turaki: Nasarawa State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
– Hon. Alh. Abdulmalik Sarkin Daji: Niger State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
– Hon. Mr Adewuyi Adesoji: Ogun State Commissioner for Local Government
– Hon. Mrs. Omolola Julianah Fagbemi: Ondo State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
– Hon. Adeleke Yekini Adebayo: Osun State Commissioner for Local Government
– Hon. Funmilayo Orisadeyi: Oyo State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
– Hon. Sylvanus Tapgun: Plateau State Commissioner for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs
– Hon. Rodaford Long-John: Rivers State Commissioner for Local Governments
– Hon. Yerima Lawan Mahmoud: Yobe State Commissioner for Local Governments
– Hon. Alhaji Yahaya Chado Gora: Zamfara State Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development
State Correspondents
The State Correspondents are volunteers who may be Public Servants, Politicians, Teachers, Journalists, Administrators or others with knowledge of any of the key disciplines or experience that promote democracy, local economic development and be able to relate to State Policy makers, Local Government authorities, Local communities, Civil Society Organizations, NGOs and the Academia. State Correspondents serve as Bureau Chiefs for their respective States on voluntary condition and must be resident in their various States of designation.
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