The document discusses the importance of citizen engagement for enhancing government accountability, transparency, and responsiveness. It outlines various issues citizens face, such as unmaintained social facilities and insecurity, and proposes objectives to revitalize these services while incorporating citizen voices in decision-making. The initiative will leverage both technological tools and traditional methods to build a healthy feedback loop between citizens and government, despite potential challenges like funding and government resistance.

1. WELCOME!

2. MAKING CITIZENS
VOICE COUNT
THROUGH
EFFECTIVE CITIZEN
ENGAGEMENT
PROPOSED TOPIC:

3. INTRODUCTION
The voice of citizen in
citizen engagement is of
paramount importance in
that it increases high level
of accountability,
transparency and
responsiveness in
government.
Government and Citizens

4. INTRODUCTION
Due to the open feedback loop
between government, citizens
and service provider, the
government unaccountability,
translucencies and in-
inclusiveness in decision making,
untrustworthiness and
responsiveness has been
encouraged.
Government
irresponsiveness
Hospital

5. STATEMENT OF
PROBLEM:
•VOICE POVERTY OF
CITIZENS
Voiceless and Helpless Citizens

6. STATEMENT OF
PROBLEM:
•Unaccountability of the
government School Under the Tree
Bad Road Network
Inaccessibility to good water

7. STATEMENT
OF PROBLEM:
•Unmaintained and
declined social facilities
Moribund and dilapidated school buildings
Unmaintained Public Hospital

8. STATEMENT
OF PROBLEM:
Unmaintained and
declined social
facilities
Hospital Bed Dilapidated Primary school
School without roof

9. STATEMENT
OF PROBLEM:
•Ineptitude on part
of service provider
Poor Citizens without good
sanitary dilapidated houses,
culverts and drainage system

10. STATEMENT OF
PROBLEM:
• Insecurity

11. OUR
OBJECTIVES:
•To build a healthy
feedback loop
Poor citizens Service
Providers
informa
tion
inform
ation
Healthy Feedback Loop
Good governance make the people happy Service Provider

12. OUR
OBJECTIVES:
•To raise
accountability level
of government and
service providers
Legislative Government making Decisions
Service Provider

13. OUR
OBJECTIVES:
•Rejuvenating and
refurbishing moribund
and dilapidated social
services
Our aim is to move from bottom to the top.
From the problems to solutions

14. OUR
OBJECTIVES:
Rejuvenating and refurbishing
moribund and dilapidated
social services
Newly Constructed Secondary and Primary school with Library

15. OUR
OBJECTIVES:
•Including citizens
voice in decision
making process
The Citizens and the Government in Decision making

16. OUR
OBJECTIVES:
•Reducing
insecurity level to
the barest
minimum
Citizen Relocating their towns and villages because of war

17. OUR KEY PLAYERS
Our Key Players are:
•The citizens
•The government
•Civil societies, non-governmental
organizations, private institutions,
corporate bodies and international donor
Government Citizens
Non – governmental
organization

18. OUR RECRUITMENT
STRATEGIES:
•Employing keenly the
media for broadcasting

19. OUR RECRUITMENT
STRATEGIES:
•We shall employ the use
of networks like internet
•Lastly, random
sampling selection shall
be engaged
Media with internet connection

20. HOW THIS INITIATIVE
WILL WORK:
This initiative will work by:
1. Employing technologically
based gadgets like mobile
phones, mobile apps,
community mapping, SMS
hot-spot, social computing and
crowd sourcing. Also social
media like Facebook, Tweeter,
Whatsapp, Google+ etc.
ICT enabled Devices

21. HOW THIS INITIATIVE
WILL WORK:
2. We shall employ non-ICT based
mechanism through seminars
and public lectures with
traditionally oriented artifacts
Public Lectures and Seminars in Cities and Towns

22. HOW THIS INITIATIVE
WILL WORK:
• We shall employ non-ICT
based mechanism through
seminars and public lectures
with traditionally oriented
artifacts
Meetings with village heads

23. OUR LIKELY
CHALLENGES:
Our likely challenges are:
•Funding
•Convincing the pioneer group to
takeoff and
•Government resistance
Law Enforcement Agents of the Government
Money

24. OUR INDICATORS FOR
SUCCESS
The followings are our matrix
for success:
•High level of citizen’s
participation
•Supports from citizens and
other organizations
Happy Citizens

25. OUR INDICATORS
FOR SUCCESS
•High level of government
responsiveness
•If the feedback loop
becomes healthy
Government Response to public Project

26. REFERENCE:
•World Bank on History and Definition
of Citizen Engagement by Mary McNeil
•World Bank on Strategies for
Recruitment and Participation by Tim
Nabatchi

27. REFERENCE:
•World Bank on What Do We Mean
by ICT by Bjorn Soren Gigler
•World Bank on Why People
Participate by Tiago Peixoto
•www. Nairaland pictures .com

28. THANKS!