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BudgIT, a leading civic-tech organisation promoting transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s public finance, has noted the Federal Government’s decision, through the Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, to defer the implementation of 70% of capital projects initially appropriated in the 2025 fiscal year to 2026.

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BudgIT, a prominent civic-tech organisation promoting transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s public finance, has raised serious concerns over the refusal of the Federal Ministry of Finance, via the Budget Office, to publish Quarterly Budget Implementation Reports (BIR), describing its action as a violation of statute, established practice and a clear erosion of the hard-won dissemination and transparency reforms of previous administrations.

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BudgIT, a prominent civic tech organisation promoting transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s public finance, has uncovered 11,122 projects valued at N6.93 trillion inserted by the National Assembly into the 2025 Federal Government Budget.

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BudgIT, a leading civic-tech organisation promoting transparency and accountability in public finance management, and Connected Development (CODE), a non-profit organisation promoting citizens' engagement and good governance, are pleased to announce a joint project to implement a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen locally-led development across Africa.

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A staggering N2.4 billion was disbursed for 15 federal government projects across nine states in 2023, but shockingly, not a single contractor has begun work on these sites. This alarming revelation comes from Tracka, BudgIT's service delivery promotion platform, which empowers citizens to track and provide feedback on public projects in their communities.

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BudgIT, a leading civic-tech organization, has raised concerns over irregularities in the 2025 Federal Government Proposed Budget.

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BudgIT, Africa’s leading civic-tech organization, and Enough is Enough Nigeria, one of Africa’s leading civil society organisations driving public accountability through active citizenship will co-host the Technology, New Media, Citizens, and Governance (TNCG) Conference, themed ‘Technology: The Present and Future of Political Action in Africa’ on Thursday, November 28, 2024, in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Tracka, BudgIT’s service delivery promotion platform, which allows citizens to collaborate, track, and give feedback on public projects in their communities, has discovered N732.5 billion worth of empowerment

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The Global Director of BudgIT, Oluseun Onigbinde has expressed confidence that Nigeria’s economic hurdles are surmountable. Onigbinde made the expression during a roundtable organised recently by Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa (Lagos Cohort 4). Highlighting the absence of visionary leadership over the years, Onigbinde emphasised the need for robust governance to address the nation’s issues effectively. Reflecting on President Bola …

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Nigeria as a country is actually not spending enough to stimulate economic growth when compared with other countries of its size in terms of population. This is the opinion of the BudgIT Foundation which believe that countries as big as Nigeria

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