Ogun to Conduct Human Development Index Survey to Assist in Planning

The Ogun state government is to conduct household surveys to develop a framework that will assist in planning, management, and evaluation of the multi-dimensional poverty human development index.

The survey is expected to go one step further than the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) multidimensional poverty index, a statement from the government said.

The survey will allow the government of Dapo Abiodun to assess the impact of the various policies it has been implementing in the last four and half years in such areas as education, health, job creation, empowerment and other social interventions, the statement added.

Already, a consultant, e-services Nigeria Limited, has been contracted by the state government to carry out the survey for a 27-week period. The General Household Survey will produce indicators needed for the design and monitoring of the implementation of various State Development Plans (SDPs).

The consultant commenced work on March 6 and is to work in liaison with the Ogun State Bureau of Statistics.

According to the Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr. Olaolu Olabimtan, the survey will enable the state government to properly establish baselines on different data points in the state and allow for the implementation of the various strategies already earmarked for execution.

"This is in line with the “Building Our Future Together” mantra of the Prince Dapo Abiodun-led administration, which over the years have executed and implemented various strategies cutting across the ISEYA development agenda.

"In the past five years, under the pillar of infrastructure, our administration has brought development to every ward in the 20 local government areas of the state.

“We have constructed, reconstructed, and rehabilitated over 500 kilometres of roads across all regions in the state in line with the administration’s policy of inclusiveness and determination to abolish erstwhile practices of prior administrations of developing one section of the state at the expense of other sections.

"Similarly, in the energy sector, the administration has installed over 500 transformers across communities through its community electrification project and has improved power supply in the 20 local government areas,” Olabimtan stated.

He said the state has also provided solar street lights, solar boreholes for potable water, and the distribution of solar home kits to rural dwellers.

"The administration has also rehabilitated the Arakanga Waterworks in Abeokuta to ensure a reliable supply of potable water and constructed new water storage facilities as well as expanded the water supply and reticulation network to many streets and neighbourhoods in the city of Abeokuta.

“These completed projects, which are already in use and being enjoyed by residents, will soon be formally commissioned.