BudgIT, a public finance transparency advocacy organization has alleged that 316 capital projects were duplicated in the 2021 approved with the consequence that if implemented based on the approved estimates, it would result in about N39.5 billion fraud. The civil society organization in its analysis of the 2021 budget report circulated to the media indicated […]
Tracka, an arm of BudgIT, has raised concerns over the allocation of over N59 Billion to empowerment projects of the N100 billion 2021 Zonal Intervention Projects (ZIPs) nominated by members of the National Assembly. It is discouraging that elected representatives have consistently nominated empowerment projects that add less value and impact on citizens’ welfare thereby […]
Worried by the pervasive fears and misgivings amongst the electorate on the integrity of the upcoming 2019 general elections, BudgIT has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish immediately the total number of voters cards collected in all states. The civil advocacy group, which applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional […]
BudgIT, a civil society organization committed to transparency in public finance in the country, has expressed its concern over Nigeria’s poor ranking for the second time in the global Commitment To Reducing Inequality (CPI) index despite government’s commitment to tackle inequality challenge in the country.. Nigeria was ranked 157th out of 157 countries covered in […]
BudgIT, a civic organization that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement, to facilitate societal change, has reported that some states were yet to pay pension and salary entitlements of pensioners and civil servants despite the N1.7 trillion released to them by the Federal Government for the purpose. The civil society organization, in […]
Tracka, a transparency platform, which allows citizens to collaborate, track and give feedback on public projects in their communities is expanding to Abuja and Nasarawa state. A statement issued on the latest initiative of BudgIT by its Communication Lead, Abiola Afolabi, indicated that Tracka, which already had presence in 22 States, was scaling its reach […]
BudgIT, a civic organization that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement, to facilitate societal change, has decried what it termed the masking and insertion of several opaque items in the 2018 budget with little or no bearing on the economy by the National Assembly. The organisation stated in its release issued today […]