In our last article, we argued strongly that the Prime Minister’s Office, Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO-RALG), needs to revive the Local Government Reform Agenda, and root for robust and effective local, and especially, urban, governance and management. You walk around, in our urban areas, and encounter problems, such as clogged drains, and end up wondering whether these sub-national governments have any management at all.
In this installation, we highlight why the Vice President’s Office (VPO), need, too, to outline and implement an urban agenda. As a country, we are urbanizing fast but the environment in which this urbanization is taking place, needs immediate intervention.
One of the cardinal duties of the VPO is environmental management, which entails coordinating national policies on climate change, pollution control, clean cooking energy, and carbon trading systems. The VPO oversees the National Environment Management Council (NEMC) to ensure environmental sustainability in urban and rural areas.
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