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BudgIT Foundation is a foremost civic-tech organisation leading the advocacy for fiscal transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s public finance, as well as across other African Countries. We play an active role in project tracking and implementation in Nigeria’s 36 states and also have a series of tech products that help citizens to follow the budget and government spending thereby holding elected officials accountable. Join us every month for conversations on grassroots engagement, governance, public finance, budget analysis, project tracking and service delivery, extractive transparency and social innovation.
Episodes
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
This episode captures an overview of the Zonal Intervention Projects ZIP in Nigeria, its current realities, allocations and citizen’s participation. It also reveals some anomalies with empowerment projects and representative’s agenda while also detailing Tracka’s effort to ensure that public funds are used for the people.
Is the ZIP a blessing or a curse? Find out more.
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Two years ago, the Federal Government launched the open treasury portal to improve transparency and accountability in public finance.
This episode explores the key changes this portal has brought into the civic space, the level of compliance by MDAs, underlying issues that need to be resolved, and BudgIT's recommendations.
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
This episode spotlights the security sector - focusing on its budgetary allocation, security votes and possible approaches the federal government can adopt regarding disbursements, spending and audits in the sector.
The episode further recommends strategies and steps that can drive change and reforms within the sector.
Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
This episode highlights some of the key trends in Nigeria’s budget, focusing on issues such as the rise in debt servicing and the reality of the government borrowing funds to finance the country’s budget. The episode also discusses reform options available to the government to expand revenue and have a corruption-proof budget document.
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
The 2nd episode of the conversation about the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). This episode focuses on the Minister of Petroleum, the NNPC, the different agencies involved, host communities etc.
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
A conversation about the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) focusing on the challenges around the passage of the bill and its effect on the petroleum ecosystem when passed into law.