For the citizenry, good governance is like a good road trip: a way to spend time with your leaders, sometimes annoy each other yet know that the road often leads to beautiful destinations and interesting new places for growth.
Good governance ensures government policies are implemented through planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling operations.
Top 7 Pillars of Good Governance
- Leaders must be open and transparent: They need accountability in government activities through ethical decision-making, equal representation and responsibility.
- The citizenry must always be informed through a conducive environment and adequate public involvement.
- The Rule of Law must be obeyed: Representation, participation and adherence of the rule of law is and should be non-negotiable.
- Leaders must be responsive through efficiency and effectiveness to deter corruptible and unethical behavior in governance.
- Leaders must embrace and perform their set obligations and responsibilities that promote integrity and public interest, advance justice, and seek growth.
- Leaders must be competent and have capacity in representation of the people’s will. Without people, the government has no power.
- Leaders must flow with the times through innovation and openness to change.
It is fundamental for leaders to adopt good governance practices in order to preserve and strengthen the citizenry’s confidence and to provide the foundation for a high-performing administration.
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