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A new report by BudgIT has revealed that only 10 states in Nigeria have publicly accessible annual budgets for their Local Government Areas (LGAs). The report, titled “The Missing Tier: Mapping Local Government Budget Transparency in…
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 Prominent Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio to step aside from office following the Court of Appeal’s affirmation of the conviction of Professor Peter Ogban, the returning officer in the…
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By Aminu Abubakar A SolaceBase review of State of States data released by the socio-economic platform, BudgIT has shown that the debt per capita of Katsina State stands at N14,963. Debt per capita is calculated by dividing the total…
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By Aminu Abubakar A SolaceBase review of the data published by BudgIT in its States of States report has shown how Kano residents lack access to adequate health facilities. According to the report, women have difficulty giving birth…
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has been accused of allocating N732 billion on vague empowerment projects higher than the N646.5 billion allocated to health projects in the 2024 national budget. According to a statement by Ayomide…
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, and 136 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “over its failure to withdraw the patently unlawful ‘Circular’ directing all banks…
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A civil society organisation (CSO) focused on the Nigerian budget and public data, BudgIT, has thrown its weight behind suspended Senator Abdul Ningi on a N3.7 trillion gap in the 2024 budget presented to the National Assembly. The…
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The Social-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT, and 34 accountability groups have filed an action against the appointment of four alleged members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as top officials of the Independent…
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“The mobile application will also connect citizens to the government as a user can post or vote for a community need. “This will aid elected representatives, the MDAs, CSOs, NGOs and the media to conduct a proper needs assessment and…
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“We see that empowerment projects take more than 60% of the N100bn allocation for constituency projects every year,” he said. Okiewu, represented by Adewale Adejola, stressed the need to restore citizen’s confidence in government and…
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