FG 2026 Budget Still Misses the Fiscal Discipline Mark
A lot has been said about the anomaly the Nigerian budget has become, and it strikes at the core of the fiscal indiscipline…
Headlines
Budget Surge, Security Plunge: Nigeria’s Costly Crisis of Accountability
Since Nigeria returned to democratic rule in 1999, security and defence have consistently been prioritised by successive Presidents. Despite substantial investments over the…
How AI Is Rewriting the Story of Public Accountability in Nigeria
For years, Nigeria’s civic-tech community has worked hard to bring public finance data into the light. Anyone who has tried to analyse a…
Ownership Vs Control: The Muffled Debate About Africa’s Energy Transition
Undoubtedly, Africa is endowed with abundant natural resources, from agricultural to mineral resources. However, Africa’s resources have been the subject of tussles by…
Inside BudgIT
Reflections From the Frontlines: Coordinating the PWYP Climate Fellowship 2025
When I was first asked to coordinate the PWYP Climate Champions Fellowship 2025, I knew it would be an ambitious journey. The goal…
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Impact Stories
How a Borehole Revived Health and Hope in Sabon Gari, Wushishi.
Located in the Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger state is the Sabon Gari Wushishi community. Predominantly occupied by the Nupe and Hausa…
Limawa School Health Clinic: Reborn Through Advocacy and Action
“Patients were treated in unsafe and unfavourable conditions, while health workers struggled to provide proper care without the basic amenities required for quality…
Makoda Mothers Now Safer: How Advocacy Transformed Maternal Health Services
Makoda is a community situated in the metropolitan area of the Makoda Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria. Known for its predominantly…
Restoring Care in Gombe-Abba: A Community-Led Health Revolution
Located about a kilometre off the Gombe-Kano highway, near a river in a hilly area, is a community called Gombe-Abba, in Dukku Local…
News
Senegal’s 2024 Election: How Civil Society and Youth Protected Democracy
Pre-Election Context: Threats to Senegalese Democratic Landscape There have been several difficulties in Senegal’s democratic transition, including attempts to change the established electoral schedule.…
BudgIT Launches FG Budget Dashboard
BudgIT has launched its interactive ‘FG Budget Dashboard,’ a web-based platform that provides quick access to the federal government’s budget data at a disaggregated…
BudgIT Ghana pays a courtesy visit to the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to discuss a potential partnership to improve health accountability.
As part of its ongoing institutional engagement in CTAP activities in Ghana, BudgIT Ghana Ag, country Manager, Mr. Felix Ankrah, visited the Korean International…
BudgIT Ghana, Oxlade Consulting, with support from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), hosts a Business Resilience Project Meeting in Aflao, Ghana.
The first case of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was detected globally in November 2019. This incident marked the beginning of an unprecedented pandemic that…
Videos
State-Owned Enterprises in Nigeria can potentially rake in trillions of Naira as revenue for the federal government. However, this is not the case because their financial activities have been permeated by opacity and minimal accountability for a long time.
Events
State of States 2025 Report Launch
The 2025 State of States Report Launch will unveil a decade-long analysis of subnational fiscal performance across Nigeria’s 36 states. The report explores…
State of States 2024 Report Launch
Hello Active Citizen, Our annual masterpiece publication, State of States, is here again! Mark your calendars for October 29, 2024, when we will release…
Tracka at 10: Building People, Moulding Nations
Tracka is 10! Our service delivery platform, Tracka, is turning 10 In the last decade, Tracka has served over 10 million Nigerians and…
Joinbodi Cohort 2024: Civil Society Dialogue and Fair
Joinbodi Cohort 2024: Civil Society Dialogue and Fair For five months, BudgIT and 24 Civil Society Organizations in the Joinbodi Cohort, with the…