According to data from the country’s National Bureau of Statistics, GDP increased by 0.11% in the period October-December, supported primarily by growth in agriculture and telecommunications, which expanded by 3.4% and 17.6% respectively.
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According to the group, the event: “#FixPolitics Hackathon,” will be held on December 12, 2020 at the Co-creation Hub/Virtual Connection.
BudgIT’s recently released 2020 State of States report had identified 13 states whose revenue was not enough to fund their recurrent expenditure but in a statement, the group said it did not evaluate states’ fiscal status for insolvency.
BudgIT outlined some of the steps needed to make the system more impactful in its report, entitled: “Nigeria’s Spending Platform: Review, Gaps and Recommendations,” issued on Thursday in Abuja.
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, BudgIT, Enough is Enough and 583 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court, Abuja to “restrain and stop President Muhammadu Buhari and Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning from releasing N37 billion allocated for the renovation of the National Assembly complex to the Federal Capital Development Agency and the National Assembly until an impact assessment of the spending is carried out.”
This was disclosed at the launch of the 2018 Tracka Federal Constituency Projects Tracking Report held at Yaba, Lagos
The Federal Team Leader, Engage Citizens Pillar, Partnership to Engage Reform and Learn, Greg Anyaegbudike, said this while addressing members of the civil society at a meeting in Abuja on Monday, preparatory to a public hearing by the National Assembly on the 2020 Budget of Nigeria on Wednesday and Thursday.
The BMO said the appointment is a travesty that desecrates the characters of honour and integrity that are the hallmarks of Buhari and those who are called to serve in his government
The 6,721 concerned Nigerians who joined the suit as co-plaintiffs with SERAP, BudgIT and EiE include: Bring Back Our Girls co-conveners, Oby Ezekwesili and Aisha Yesufu; Jibrin Ibrahim; Edetaen Ojo; Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi; and Deji Adeyanju
The government insisted that the budget document has since been restored to the website after the IT consultant engaged by the previous administrations pulled it down.
The Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, has responded to the joint Freedom of Information request by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, Enough is Enough and BudgIT requesting him to use his “good offices and leadership position to provide information on spending on military operations across the country, particularly in the Northeast.”
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, Enough is Enough and BudgIT have sent a joint Freedom of Information request to Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria, requesting him to use his good offices and leadership position to “urgently provide information on the 2015, 2016 and 2017 budget
A Civil Society Organisation, BudgIT, says the Nigerian economy needs to grow by eight per cent and not 1.9 per cent in order to lift citizens out of poverty.
Okorocha will also spend N9billion for the payment of salaries, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Owuemeodo.
BudgIT, a civic organization that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement, affirmed that the state government has no salary arrears despite the financial challenge in the country.
Bayelsa came behind Rivers and Delta in the report launched on Tuesday in Abuja by BudgiT, a budget transperency advocacy group.
According to Afolabi, only 15 states in the country have published their budget documents online.
The Head of Research at BudgiT, Atiku Samuel, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday that the Federal Government was likely to fall short in 2018 performance for over estimating its revenue.
The company gave the advice in a statement signed by the Communication Lead, BudgIT, Abiola Afolabi, on Thursday in Lagos.
The urgent appeal by SERAP was sent to: Seong-Phil Hong, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; Michel Forst, Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders; Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; and David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression