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Beyond the rhetoric and chest-thumping from government officials, there is hunger and palpable discontent in the land. In the twilight of May, the President Bola Tinubu administration came on board with its ‘Renewed Hope’ mantra on the wings of high expectations.

By Omolabake Fasogbon BudgIT has sought for public documentation of COVID-19 spendings and disbursement in a new report that it recently released. The report titled: “COVID-19 Fund: Fiscal Support, Palliative Analysis & Institutional Response” reviewed Nigeria’s current fiscal support and institutional response to COVID-19. It analysed data on COVID-19 response in Nigeria, including donations, allocations, disbursements and palliative distribution processes at national and state levels. T...

A map of Nigeria An advocacy group, BudgIT, says it will soon launch research report that reviewed the Nigeria’s current fiscal support and institutional response to COVID-19 pandemic. Its Senior Programme Officer, Mr Iyanuoluwa Bolarinwa, made the call in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Akwa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that BudgIT is a civic organisation that applies technology to intersect citizen’s engagement with institutional improvement to facilitat...

ADVERTISEMENT BudgIT, a civic-tech organisation leading the advocacy for transparency and accountability in Nigeria, has raised concerns over the management of COVID-19 Fund in Nigeria. In a research report on COVID-19 Fund Management titled “COVID-19 Fund: Fiscal Support, Palliative Analysis & Institutional Response,” the civic group expressed worry over the poor accountability mechanism in the management of the fund. “For example, as of April 7, 2020, CACOVID, a private coalition of do...

A map of Nigeria An advocacy group, BudgIT, says it will soon launch research report that reviewed the Nigeria’s current fiscal support and institutional response to COVID-19 pandemic. Its Senior Programme Officer, Mr Iyanuoluwa Bolarinwa, made the call in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Akwa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that BudgIT is a civic organisation that applies technology to intersect citizen’s engagement with institutional improvement to facilitat...

ON THE GO Fire razes INEC data processing centre in Kano There has been a fire outbreak at the data processing centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano state.Advertisement The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, was confirmed in... Emefiele: Nigerian companies to access markets worth $666bn through AfCFTA Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says Nigerian companies will get access to markets worth $666 billion once the ...