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Budgit

Petroleum subsidy removal: The short-run costs, long-run payoffs and in-betweens – By Iniobong…

Iniobong Usen Aug 5, 2022 0

“Petroleum Subsidy” has assumed a life of its own and is operating in dual capacity as the Convener and the Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum. Monthly, the 36 States of the Federation assemble in Abuja to collect their “share”, i.e FAAC,…

Economy

BudgIT raises concern over poor performance of 2022 budget

John Ogunsemore Jul 25, 2022 0

BudgIT raises serious concerns over the poor performance of the 2022 budget, implications of petrol subsidy on the national economy and precarious debt service to revenue ratio

Finance

BudgIT highlights corruption loopholes in budget process

John Ogunsemore May 6, 2021 0

BudgIT, a civic-tech non-profit organisation leading the advocacy for transparency and accountability in public finance in Nigeria, has called on the government to audit security spending and close loopholes for corruption in the budget…

Community

Tracka: Sen Aduda threatens Garba Abdullahi over conversion of public projects

Iyanu Fatoba Jun 2, 2020 0

Our attention has been drawn to a threat received by our community champion in Abuja as a result of a fraud alert post shared from our Tracka page to his Facebook page, sometime last week. The post, which was initially published on our…

Economy

2019 Open Budget Survey Report – Nigeria still far behind

Iyanuoluwa Fatoba May 1, 2020 0

BudgIT expresses concerns over Nigeria's unsatisfactory overall score in the 2019 Open Budget Survey (OBS) report, which was launched on the 30th of April, 2020, and urges the Federal Government to take urgent steps to improve its budget…

Government

Federal Government Completed only 32% of Constituency Projects in 2018

Eunice Oche Dec 18, 2019 0

TRACKA 2018 FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY PROJECTS TRACKING REPORT PRESENTED BY BUDGIT ON DECEMBER 18, 2019, AT CIVIC HIVE, YABA, LAGOS The federal government has completed a total of 475 zonal intervention projects for the…

Features

Declare Emergency on School Infrastructure, BudgIT Tells FG, Governors

Eunice Nov 23, 2019 0

BudgIT has called on governments at state and federal levels to declare a state of emergency on school infrastructure, raising alarm on the worsening condition of public education in Nigeria. In a statement by its…

News

“My resignation has nothing do with online rage”- Seun Onigbinde

News Agency of Nigeria Sep 17, 2019 0

Co-founder and CEO of BudgIT, Seun Onigbinde, a popular critic of the Buhari led administration who accepted an appointment on Friday, Sep 13, 2019, as the Technical Adviser to the Minister of Finance, has received heavy backlash for…

Government

Dispose of Recovered Assets in a Transparent Manner, BudgIT Charges Buhari

Adeniyi Soleye Apr 18, 2019 0

BudgIT tasks President Buhari to carry out the disposal of recovered assets in a transparent manner, in line with Nigeria’s Open Government Partnership National Action Plan. The news on the sale of recovered assets which the President…

Government

Lagos 181 Roads: Gov Ambode Completed 54 Roads, Abandoned 74, Tracka Report Shows

Editor Apr 8, 2019 0

While the breakdown of the total cost remains unknown to the public, the Lagos State Government in 2018 flagged off the construction of 181 roads spread across the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the…

Government

BudgIT to President Buhari: Remove Fuel Subsidy After 13 Years of N10 trillion Wasteful Corruption

Editor Apr 1, 2019 0

To the detriment of socio-economic developments, Nigeria has spent nothing less than N10 trillion on petrol import subsidy between 2006 and 2018. Let it be known: Nigeria is dancing on the edge of a razor blade by continuing its subsidy…

News

PPDC, BudgIT Set To Host Panel Discussion At SMW Lagos

John Ogunsemore Feb 27, 2018 0

The Public and Private Development Center (PPDC) and BudgIT will host a panel discussion at the 2018 Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos on March 2. This was disclosed in an emailed statement sent to Herald Nigeria on Tuesday. According to…

Business

Nigeria needs N712bn annually to improve health care- BudgIT

Jide Oct 13, 2017 0

Nigeria will need about N712 billion annually to improve the health sector of the country according to civic technology organization, BudgIT BudgIT, a body that focuses on ensuring transparency in government budgets, said this at the…

Government

Fashola withholding details of 2016 budget implementation – Civic Group

News Agency of Nigeria Feb 13, 2017

A Nigerian civil society organization, Budgit, has called on the Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to uphold transparency and ensure detailed disclosure of utilization of funds allocated to his ministry for capital…