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@BudgITng, in collaboration with @oxfam, continues to advocate for accountability and transparency in the extractive sector through #opencontracting. #FixOurOil

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Open contracting is a procurement method that supports feedback and increases competition among potential contractors. It is crucial for transparency purposes and will help prevent fraud and corruption. #FixOurOil
Countries worldwide are adopting open contracting to promote best practices for public procurement disclosures and participation. Nigeria is one of the countries making great efforts to increase contract transparency. #FixOurOil
Open contracting is beneficial to a lot of sectors. For example, the health sector stands to benefit from improved service delivery and accountability in the health system.#FixOurOil
It will also increase transparency and accountability, quality infrastructure delivery, promote civic engagement, and enhance due process, especially in the sector. #FixOurOil
There is a need for the government to also create innovations on how to make the contracting process open and accessible to citizens. #FixOurOil
The media and civil society also have vital roles in advocating for transparency, governance and policy reforms that can improve the extractive sector.#FixOurOil

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Nov 1
Hello Nigerians,

President @MBuhari has proposed a record budget of N20.51tn for the 2023 fiscal year. This is anchored on a revenue projection of N9.73tn & a deficit of N10.78tn. The budget, If approved, will be 19.80% higher than the N17.12tn approved for 2022.

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Of the total N20.51tn, debt service has the highest allocation of N6.31trn, while personnel cost and capital expenditure will gulp N4.99tn & N4.93tn, respectively. N744.11b has been earmarked for statutory transfer, of which the @nassnigeria & @njcNig will receive N159b & N150b. ImageImage
To finance the budget, the Federal Government projects an oil production of 1.69 million barrels per day at $70 per barrel. The projected GDP growth will be at 3.75% with an exchange rate of N435.57/$ and an inflation rate of 17.16%. Image
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Aug 26
All you should know about FG's allocation to the security sector in 2022.

Let's start with the Nigerian Army's budget which stood at N580bn.

Of this amount, the agency planned to spend N2.4bn on ammunition, N3.35bn on ADV weapons simulator and N3bn on accommodation.

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Let's take a step backwards.

FG's total budget for security in 2022 stood at N2.7tn. Of this amount, personnel cost raked in N1.98tn while capital expenditure stood at N329bn. Image
A further breakdown shows the amount earmarked for each security outfit.

Defence: N1.19tn
Ministry of Interior: N297.1bn
Police: N783bn and the
Office of the NSA: N212.7bn. Image
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Jul 25
Dear @MBuhari,

Between Jan & Apr 2022 alone, Nigeria spent >100% of its revenue on debt service, surpassing IMF's prediction for 2026.

This is amidst growing subsidy payments and a 13-month high inflation of 17.7% that has pushed many into poverty.

We are concerned.

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In our Consultation Memo released in Feb 2022, we highlighted several reform issues bordering on Nigeria’s public financial management that affect the very core of governance, separation of powers, expenditure efficiency, and the livelihoods of millions of Nigerians;
...83 million of whom live in extreme poverty.

4 months later, some of those challenges still persist, with additional ones that-if not properly managed, would fiscal crisis for an already impoverished nation.
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Apr 5
Key figures from the Solid Minerals Sector in 2020

-The sector contributed 0.45% to Nigeria's total GDP.

-Total contribution to total export declined by 89%

-FG earned N128bn from solid minerals

-No evidence of royalty payments from 25 enterprises that exported minerals

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The sector contributed 0.45% to Nigeria’s GDP, while its contribution to the total export declined by 89% in 2020.
There was a 19% increase in the volume of solid minerals sold.
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Apr 4
GOOD NEWS💪

We just signed an MoU with the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission @nipcng to co-create & develop strategies that support willing states in Nigeria to harness their investment potentials, improve internally generated revenue & boost states’ economic prosperity.
Both parties signed the MoU at the @nipcng office in Abuja, with Mr Emeka Offor, the Ag Executive Secretary, NIPC; Mr Gabriel Okeowo, Country Director, BudgIT; Mrs Patience Okala, Director, Legal Services @NIPCNG & @inniey, Ag Head of Research, BudgIT.
We believe that this partnership will foster sustainable actions toward economic growth and prosperity at the subnational level. #OpenStates #AskQuestions
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Hello Nigerians,

@nassnigeria plans to allocate N1.45bn to NSPRI & NCAM, two agencies in Ilorin, to construct the "Femi Gbajabiamila Public JSS" in Lagos.

Both agencies have no business supervising the staffing of a school in Lagos when the country has a @nigeducation.

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We also found a N1bn allocation to the Nigerian Institute of Marine & Oceanography to install street lights in Delta Central Senatorial District, represented by Senator @OvieOmoAgege.

We would like to state that the provision of street lights is outside this agency's mandate.
N200m was allocated to the Industrial Arbitration Panel to install streetlights in Yobe North Senatorial District, represented by the Senate President, Hon. @AhmedLawan_019.

Again, this agency & others have no mandate to implement contracts for which they have allocations.
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