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BudgIT, CODE launch initiative to boost locally-led development in Africa

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BY TUNDE OPALANA BudgIT and Connected Development (CODE) have partnered on a transformative initiative to strengthen locally-led development in Africa, focusing on Nigeria, Kenya, Senegal, and Ghana. The project aims to enhance the localisation of philanthropic resources, ensuring that funding

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BudgIT accuses Ministry of Works of infraction in spending N9.3bn

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BY MOTOLANI OSENI & STEPHEN GBADAMOSI A non-governmental organisation (NGO) that specialises in monitoring government expenditures, BudgIT, has called attention to some questionable expenditures embarked upon by the Ministry of Works under former Governor David Umahi. In a statement made available to journalists on Friday, BudgIT’s Communications Officer, Nancy

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BudgIT’s FG Budget Dashboard: Nigerians, others now have access to disaggregated budget data

Ihesiulo Grace 8 February 2023 0

By Motolani Oseni With the newly launched interactive FG Budget Dashboard by BudgIT, a web-based platform, Nigerians and other stakeholders will now have quick access to the Federal Government’s budget data at a disaggregated level across all Ministries, Departments and Agencies. BudgIT, a leading public data organization focused on raising active citizens and civic

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Tracka Mobile App: BudgIT tasks citizens, govt to leverage it for participatory governance

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2022 0

By Motolani Oseni BudgIT Foundation, a foremost civic tech organization leading the advocacy for fiscal transparency and accountability in Nigeria, has tasked citizens and governments t to leverage its Tracka Mobile 2.0 Application for participatory governance, which is believed would aid participatory governance at the subnational level. The Tracka Mobile 2.0 Application

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Opinion: BudgIT: When apologies are not enough

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2020 0

By Adam Adedimeji Tracka is one of the schemes used by BudgIT, a Civil-Society Organization, with a self-tasked role to engage citizens on budgetary responsibilities from the government with a view to ensuring institutional improvement. Tracka is a kind of feedback mechanism on governmental projects in Nigeria. It is meant to facilitate citizens’ access to […]

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Anambra, BudgIT to promote fiscal transparency

Ihesiulo Grace 26 February 2020 0

The Anambra State government on Tuesday signed an MoU with BudgIT on Open Budget System that aims to promote fiscal transparency in the state. This initiative is with the support of the Rule of Law and Anti-corruption (RoLAC) programme funded by the European Union being implemented by the British Council in five states; Adamawa, Anambra, […]

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BudgIT seeks strategic allocation of funds for constituency projects

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2019 0

BudgIT, a civic organisation that facilitates societal change on Wednesday recommended that funds be strategically allocated for constituency projects to aid implementation. Mr Oluseun Onigbinde, Director at BudgIT made this known at the presentation of the 2018 Tracka Federal Constituency Projects Tracking Report in Lagos. According to him, constituency project is meant

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Onigbinde, Lawal listed among 100 most influential people in digital govt

Ihesiulo Grace 13 October 2019 0

Two frontline advocates of digital government in Nigeria, BudgIT Co-founder, Seun Onigbinde and Hamzat Lawal, founder of Follow The Money, have been listed by a global policy platform among the 100 most influential people in digital government 2019, alongside Amanda Smith of the UK and Audrey Tang of Taiwan. The policy platform, Apolitical, showcases a […]

Business

BudgIT launches Ghana branch

Ihesiulo Grace 6 September 2019 0

Temitope Adebayo BudgIT, a civic organization that uses technology to promote fiscal transparency and public sector accountability has launched operations in Ghana. This development was contained in a statement signed by its Communications Associate, Shakir Akorede. According to the organization, “Riding on our eight-year experience in Nigeria – using creative technology

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Escalating debt costs: Nigeria may face fresh financial crisis over revenue challenges -BudgIT

Ihesiulo Grace 4 September 2019 0

Motolani Oseni A civic-tech organisation based in Lagos, BudgIT has warned that Nigeria may face a fresh financial crisis as a result of government failing revenues from Oil and Non-Oil sector. In a document signed by its Communications Associate, Shakir Akorede, noted that the federal government 2018 budget performance, released on September 2, 2019, the […]

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2019: Despite World Bank’s N228.7bn incentive, 12 states fail to publish 2019 budget

Ihesiulo Grace 25 June 2019

Not less than 12 of the Nigerian state governments have proved that the returns from the usual business of budget secrecy are much more fulfilling to them than the $750million incentive provided by the World Bank to encourage public finance transparency in Nigeria, BudgIT research has shown. BudgIT in its latest assessment of the availability […]

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Open Data Day: BudgIT, Open Alliance task Nigerians on civic advocacy, budget-monitoring

Ihesiulo Grace 15 March 2019

Ladesope Ladelokun Nigerians have been urged to key into the opportunities provided by open data to drive societal change by using available data in the public space as advocacy tools of engagement. The Program Lead, Tracka-an initiative of BudgIT to address critical issues related to government projects- Mr Uadamen Ilevbaoje, said this at an event […]

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2019 election: BudgIT decries cut in Nigeria’s health, education sector budgetary allocations

Ihesiulo Grace 16 November 2018 0

BudgIT, has decried the recent move by the National Assembly suggesting that the 2018 budget is undergoing virement that will re-allocate the meagre resources meant to improve the condition of health and education sectors for the conduct of the 2019 elections. BudgIT’s Principal Lead, Gabriel Okeowo, in a document obtained by The Daily Times, stated […]

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Greenfield projects failure: BudgIT calls for probe of crude oil refineries in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 7 November 2018 0

…Demands for weekly or monthly briefing by NNPC to citizens Following a new proposal to construct two 100,000 bpd Greenfield refineries in Delta and Imo States by Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), BudgIT, a civic technology organization has asked the Federal Government to first do a root cause analysis on the abandonment of Nigeria’s greenfield […]

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Nigeria needs aggressive investment in human capacity, education, others -BudgIT

Ihesiulo Grace 19 October 2018 0

…As FG plans leaner budget of N8.6trn for 2019 Following Nigeria’s poor ranking for the second time in commitment towards reducing inequality in the country, BudgIT has called on the Federal Government to invest in its people with an aggressive investment in education, health, access to capital and growth poles that expand youth employment. But […]

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2018 budget: 43% capital allocation for cars, computers, furniture, others

Ihesiulo Grace 16 January 2018 0

Approximately 43 per cent of capital allocation in Nigeria’s 2018 proposed budget has no direct impact on citizens, says BudgIT. In an analysis made available on Tuesday, BudgIT noted that approximately N744.48billion or 42.9 per cent of the N2.65trillion capital allocation will go into administrative items which includes the procurement of cars, retrofitting of government

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BudgIT to sue Nigerian Police over assault on personnel

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2017 0

BudgIT has made known it’s intention to pursue legal actions against the Nigerian Police Force, following assault on its Project Tracking Officers which culminated in the arrest of its Niger State’s Project Tracking Officer, Moses Motoni. Describing in details incidences that led to the decision for legal actions, Budgit, in a statement made available to […]

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#2018Budget: FG’s N6.6trn revenue projection, ‘very optimistic’ says BudgIT

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2017 0

Nigeria’s revenue projection of N6.6tn in the presented 2018 budget has been termed as ‘very optimistic’ by BudgIT, a Lagos based analytical firm committed to simplifying the budget and matters of public spending for citizens, with the primary aim of raising the standard of transparency and accountability in government. Giving reasons for this observation, the […]