How important is Education to the administration of @jidesanwoolu? We analysed the Lagos State Education Budget to highlight the priorities of the government.
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The total sum of ₦136.1bn was budgeted for the Education sector, with N80.7bn and N55.3bn allocated for recurrent and capital expenditures respectively. This represents a 51.7% increase compared to 2019 education budget of N65.6bn.
Notable capital project allocations include N10.72bn for the construction / rehabilitation of schools, N7.65 for Lagos State University, N5bn for Education Trust Fund and N1.89bn for the upgrading of Vocational Institutes among others.
Specific projects expected to be executed include the construction / rehabilitation of 300 schools, the Eko-Excel Project (aimed at introducing technology for early childhood learning) and provision of equipment to school's science laboratories.
N39.39bn was allocated to be shared among 6 education districts. These education districts were set up to ensure the provision of conducive learning environment, establish counselling services, ensure quality control and ensure recruitment of professional teachers.
Agencies with highest allocations include Lagos State University (14.87bn); Education District 1 (10.34bn), Education District 2 (8.25bn), Education District 6 (7.52bn) and Lagos State Polytechnic (5.94bn).
It is the duty of Lagosians to ensure that these allocated funds are appropriately and judiciously utilized. Good governance is ensured when we hold the government accountable.
Our findings on Senator Ningi’s allegations of N3.7 trillion budget padding for 2024 budget shows that a breakdown of N25.4tn was provided for the budgets of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies…
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…while the comprehensive budget breakdown of GOEs, @nassnigeria, National Judicial Council, Public Complaints Commission, INEC, and TETFUND totaling N3.32tn was excluded from the budget that was passed and published.
This does not mean the country operates two separate budgets.
There’s only one final 2024 budget known to us.
However, the summary budget of the aforementioned agencies was passed by the National Assembly and included in the published approved budget.
🗣️ @BudgITng's State Fiscal Transparency League project reveals findings on Nigeria's procurement websites👇
- 7 states have functional e-procurement portals with accessible data
- 16 states have portals, but data isn't up to date.
- 13 states lack both portals & data.
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BudgIT, under its State Fiscal Transparency League project, has extensively assessed the procurement websites of Nigeria’s 36 states to evaluate the level of transparency and accessibility of procurement-related information to the public. #SFTLProject #AskQuestions
The assessments, categorized into three categories—Green, Yellow, & Red—are as follows: green indicates that a state’s e-procurement portal is operating and data is available;
Having reviewed the proposed 2024 Appropriation Bill breakdown, it’s unfortunate that the @officialABAT administration has continued with some harmful budget practices from previous regimes that have fostered corruption, underdevelopment, unemployment, and multidimensional poverty.
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In August 2023, we itemized ten plagues that the Tinubu administration should avoid in the 2024 budget and budget process to ensure value for money, curb expenditure inefficiency and waste, enforce accountability, and put Nigeria on the pathway of prosperity, economic growth, and development.
Unfortunately, having reviewed the proposed 2024 Appropriation Bill breakdown, we observed that the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration has continued with some deleterious budget practices from previous regimes that have fostered corruption, underdevelopment, unemployment, and multidimensional poverty.
The Fiscal Options & Post-election Governance series was an interesting exploration of Nigeria's economic opportunities in the current post-election environment. From insightful discussions to eye-opening presentations; here are a few takeaways!
BudgIT’s Global Director, @seunonigbinde in his introductory remark emphasized that the fiscal business series will set the tone for issues & reforms on the cost of governance, macro economic fundamentals, social spending, & expenditures on health and education in Nigeria.
“Nigeria is a democratic country limited by the political terms of a 4 year cycle. BudgIT believes that Nigeria cannot find progress and opportunities if it does not reposition its thinking to a long-term process devoid of this political cycle.” - @seunonigbinde
A total of N81.7b was allocated to the construction of solar street lights in the 2023 FG Capital and Constituency projects. This is higher than the total allocation to schools and primary health centers, which gulp N77.9b and N3.1b, respectively, in the budget. #AskQuestions.
The bogus allocation to streetlights is a gross misplacement of priority as Nigeria is also presently littered with non-functional and vandalized streetlights that have stopped working less than two years after their construction. #AskQuestions