6 December 2019

Issue 034: Covert Affairs

    If you want to experience an A1 in secrecy try meeting a Nigerian who’s about to travel abroad. They will converse with you, laugh […]
30 May 2017

#TFPOpenGov: Budgets are not even padded, they are inflated–Peter Obi

by Chinedu Brown
3 May 2017

Budget tracker: 2017 budget and the shenanigans of budget delay

by Ajadi Daniel Analysis Almost five months after the presentation of the 2017 budget by President Buhari to the National Assembly, the budget is yet to […]
24 January 2017

#OpenLagosBudget: States and their secret budgets

by Alabi Usman Analysis States and their secret data would also not be bad. Isn’t it amazing that states in Nigeria in this age still feel […]
20 December 2016

Financing the budget with looted funds

by Usman Alabi Analysis The DG of the National Budget Office, Mr. Ben Akabueze yesterday disclosed that N288.6bn which also includes N97.6bn (the naira equivalent of […]
22 November 2016

Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun presents N221.1 billion budget for 2017

by Usman Alabi Gov Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun on Tuesday presented a total budget of N221.129 billion for the 2017 fiscal year to the State House […]
17 September 2016

Analysis: The Federal Govt and its perennial education spending

by Usman Alabi Apart from the recent establishment of federal universities in states that does not have such federal presence in terms of education, there seems […]
17 September 2016

Analysis: Local government budget and accountability in Lagos

by Usman Alabi Perhaps local government is that tier of government that is never considered or seen to be in the scheme of things, yet they […]
26 August 2016

Do you know what is in your state’s budget?

BudgIT Nigeria put out this infographic yesterday about the levels of transparency in the states, regarding their budgets. Only 6 of 36 states have published their […]