Edo Tackles Phillips Consulting Over 2026 Performance Index

The Edo State Government has faulted what it described as attempts to use the 2026 Phillips Consulting States Performance Index (pSPI) to assess the performance of the administration of Governor Monday Okpebholo, arguing that the report substantially reflects conditions inherited from previous administrations.
The state commissioner for information and strategy, Prince Kassim Afegbua, in a statement on Monday in Benin, said the government welcomed independent governance assessments as instruments for promoting accountability, transparency and improved public administration, but cautioned against drawing conclusions beyond what the methodology and assessment period of the report could es...