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13 Sep 2020
As the 2020 WAEC exams began, candidates could only envisage what will be different this time around. But as most of them stepped into the exam hall that morning...
5 Jun 2020
A panel of inquiry set up by the Lagos State House of Assembly to investigate the corruption allegations against the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa
5 Apr 2020
I am not sure whether a robust sensitisation is enough to stop corruption in constituency projects. Before we discuss sensitisation of local communities, we should address two fundamental questions.
6 Jan 2020
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) may enter into a partnership with the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission...
24 Oct 2019
States expended a whopping N4.319 trillion to fund their operations in the 2018 fiscal year, according to a survey by BudgIT, a fiscal governance organisation. According to the survey released in Abuja yesterday, of the amount, recurrent spending gulped N2.67 trillion, while a paltry N1.648 trillion was devoted to capital projects.
2 Sep 2019
Some 6,721 concerned Nigerians, including the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough (EiE), at the weekend initiated action at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos against the ninth Senate over plan to spend N5.550 billion on vehicles for its principal officers.
9 Aug 2019
Civil society organisations have urged the Ninth National Assembly to amend the Universal Basic Education Act (2004) to extend its coverage from Junior to Senior Secondary Education from nine to 12 years.
25 Jun 2019
BudgIT Nigeria has deplored the non-disclosure of the 2019 budget details by 12 states, despite the World Bank’s N270 billion support to encourage public finance transparency. The non-governmental organisation made this known through a report of its eight-month painstaking investigation of the availability of public finance documents by state governments. It lamented that 11 states,…
10 Jun 2019
Some concerned Nigerians have filed a suit against the payment of over N4.68 billion as ‘welcome package’ to the incoming members of the ninth National Assembly.
25 May 2019
Non-governmental organisation, BudgIT, yesterday charged the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) to engage the ninth National Assembly on the passage of the UBEC Amendment Bill 2018...
7 May 2019
The thick dry dust plumed into the packed arena as the vehicles galloped to a halt. An enchanted crowd of party members...
2 Apr 2019
The assessed wastes and costs to the economy, associated with the 13-year old fuel subsidy regime operated by the Federal Government have irked economic analysts, who now renew calls for its end. The situation, described as detrimental to socio-economic developments, has seen the country spend no less than N10 trillion on petrol import subsidy between…

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