Improve citizens’ engagement and participation in the budget process (NGABJ0002)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Action plan – Abuja, Nigeria, 2021 – 2022
Inception Report: Inception Report – Action plan – Abuja, Nigeria, 2021 – 2022
Commitment Start: Aug 2021
Commitment End: Mar 2022
Institutions involved:
- Finance and Accounts Department, Abuja Municipal Area Council.
- The Office of the Special Adviser on ICT, Donor Agencies and
- The department of education
- DEAN Initiative
- DEAN Initiative
- Connected Development (CODE)
- BudgIt Nigeria
- African Centre for Leadership, Strategy
- Action Aid Nigeria
- Partners West Africa Nigeria
Primary Policy Area:
Primary Sector:
OGP Value:
- Civic Participation
- Public Accountability
Inception Report Summary
Verifiable: Yes
Relevance to OGP Values: Yes
The commitment activities will result in a change of the rules, practices or policies that govern a policy area, public sector and/or relationship between citizens and is binding or institutionalized across government or specific institution(s).
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Description
Commitment ID
NGABJ0002
Commitment Title
Improve citizens’ engagement and participation in the budget process
Problem
Due to inadequate information on budget processes, citizens do not participate effectively across the budget cycle
Status quo
About 50% of stakeholders are not effectively involved in the local government affairs in relation to budget processes and implementation
Action
This commitment will ensure that information about the budget process is made available to citizens in an accessible and timely manner so that citizens can make inputs across the budget cycle.
Main Objective -To increase awareness and intensify citizens’ participation in and ownership of the budget process
The challenge - Low citizen participation
Inadequate Transparency and Accountability mechanisms around the budget process
The impact-Citizen-centric budget that prioritizes the needs of citizens achieved through improved participation across the budget cycle
Result- improved citizens\' engagement and participation in the budget process with consideration for inclusion and diversity. Increased citizen\'s awareness of the budget process. Timely release and publication of both proposed and approved budget documents to the public.
How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?
By increasing citizens awareness of the budget process, citizen’s will be equipped to make informed inputs to the various stages across the budget cycle, further improving accountability in the government’s budgets process and systems
What long-term goal as identified in your Open Government Strategy does this commitment relate to?
This commitment seeks to contribute to the goal of improving inclusion, engagement, and participation in governance.
Primary Policy Area
Fiscal Openness, Right to Information
Primary Sector
Media and Telecommunications, Public Services (general)
What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?
| Civic Participation | This commitment is relevant to civic participation because it will engage and include citizens in the budget process of AMAC.This commitment is relevant to civic participation because it will engage and include citizens in the budget process of AMAC. |
| Public Accountability | This commitment is relevant to public accountability because it will make the budget of AMAC public by publishing it online in a simplified format.This commitment is relevant to public accountability because it will make the budget of AMAC public by publishing it online in a simplified format. |