The International Labour Organization’s Governing Body has adopted a proposal to establish a Global Coalition For Social Justice as part of its efforts to mitigate the rising social injustices, particularly in the workplace, across the world. A statement issued by the ILO on Thursday indicates that the Global Coalition aims to generate increased political commitments and […]
BudgIT, a civic-tech organization at the forefront of advocacy for fiscal transparency and accountability in Nigeria, has launched the 2023 edition of its annual States of States report with the theme ‘Subnational Healthcare Delivery for Improved Economic Development’. One of the key findings of the report showed that both the national and subnational governments continued […]
The pet project of Pastor E.A Adeboye and his wife, Pastor Folu Adeboye, elicited global attention at the just concluded annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 78) in New York, United States, which kicked off last Tuesday. The occasion featured the launch of Africa Missions Global’s (AMG) latest initiative named Horizon 2033 project. Through the […]
The World Bank on Friday announced the approval of a fresh $700 million loan for Nigeria to assist the country in the implementation of an ongoing project – the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment. The Bretton Woods institution, in a statement published on its website, disclosed that the loan would help to scale […]
BudgIT, a civic-tech organization leading the advocacy for transparency, accountability, and effective service delivery in Nigeria has called for openness and accountability in the distribution of the N5 billion relief fund being disbursed by the Federal Government to state governments in order to achieve the goal of the intervention. It noted that the recent economic […]
The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), one of the leading advocacy groups promoting organized private sector (OPS) sustainable growth, has warned the Federal Government against any use of military force in the current Niger Republic’s political crisis in view of the potential negative implications for the Nigerian economy. A statement issued by […]
Retired workers in the country under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) have appealed to the Federal Government to include them as beneficiaries of the proposed palliatives to cushion the economic hardships of the removal of fuel subsidy. The President of the group, Mr. Godwin Abumisi, who commended the government on the […]
A book written by the Head of Media Relations at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Omoniyi Ibietan, will be formally presented to the public on 25 July, 2023, publishers of the book have said. Premium Times Books, in a statement on Monday, indicated that the unveiling ceremony of the book titled ‘Cyber Politics: Social […]
BudgIT has launched its States Fiscal Transparency League (SFTL), an initiative which builds on the recently concluded World Bank’s State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability, and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme, designed to promote fiscal transparency and facilitated accountability in public resource management. It would be recalled that the World Bank developed SFTAS (States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability, and Sustainability), […]
BudgIT, a leading civic-tech organization advocating for transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s public finance, has asked the Budget Office of the Federation and the Office of the Minister for Finance to immediately make public how the third quarter 2022 budget was implemented in line with public finance extant legislation. The civil advocacy organization in a […]