Governor aspirant earns my vote because of the following six cardinal tests ,he has passed: Independence: Ensuring and demonstrating the freedom of the office holder from undue influence in decision making. Openness & Transparency: Ensuring openness and transparency in order that stakeholders can have confidence in the decision making and management processes of the office. Accountability: Ensuring that all members of the team including the office holder, staff members and members of the governing body are seen to be responsible and accountable for their decisions and actions, including stewardship of funds. Integrity Ensuring straightforward dealing and completeness, based on honesty, selflessness and objectivity and ensuring high standards of probity and propriety in the conduct of public affairs and decision making. Clarity of Purpose: Ensuring that all stakeholders know their role, task and duty in achieving the objectives of their office and are pulling together with other departments towards national goals with clear measurable outcomes. Effectiveness: Ensuring that the national effort delivers quality outcomes efficiently and represents good value for money.