To develop a permanent dialogue mechanism for effective citizens’ access to the budget and other public related documents, including the audit process. (NGKD0001)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Action plan – Kaduna State, Nigeria, 2021 – 2023
Inception Report: Not available
Commitment Start: Oct 2021
Commitment End: Mar 2023
Institutions involved:
- Planning and Budget Commission
- Open Kaduna Radio/Jalad Media Concept
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Local Government
- Accountant General Office
- Office of the Auditor General
- Legal Awareness for Nigerian Women
- Mando Road Youth Development Initiative
- Hope for Communities and Children
- Kaduna Youth and Community development Volunteers.
- WeCare Awareness Initiative
- Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON), Kaduna State
- Coalition of Associations for Leadership, Peace, Empowerment & Development (CALPED)
- Afaka Youth Assembly
- Giwa Local Government Youths Awareness
- Step Forward Charity Foundation
- Connected Development
- Soba Youth Awareness Movement
- Hope for Communities and Children (H4CC)
- Maternal and Child Health Civil Society
- Transparency and Accountability in Totality Initiative -FollowTaxes
- Africa Media Development Foundation
- Thinkers Children Foundation
- Bridge That Gap Initiative
- Dynamic Family Care Center
- Dogara Community Development Foundation (DCDF)
- Carelink Resource Foundation
- Ground Zero Radio Show (Invicta fm) / Procyon News
- African Network of Adolescents and Young Persons Development (ANAYD)
- Procyon News
- Initiative for Collective Voice, Accountability & Progress
- Mai Ashafa Nigeria Ltd.
- Kaduna Social Protection Accountability Coalition
- Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria
- Association for Promotion of Parliamentary Relations (APPAR)
- Hope for the Village Child Foundation
- Adolescent and Youth Awareness Foundation
- Young Men Christian Association Kaduna
- Enhancing Communities Action for Peace and Better Health Initiatives (e-CAPH)
- Zokam Okoye Motivation for Youths Foundation (ZOMY)
- News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
Primary Policy Area:
Primary Sector:
OGP Value:
- Technology and Innovation for Transparency and Accountability
- Public Accountability
- Civic Participation
Description
Commitment ID
NGKD0001
Commitment Title
To develop a permanent dialogue mechanism for effective citizens’ access to the budget and other public related documents, including the audit process.
Problem
Citizens do not have sufficient information, and can thus not relate to projects and programs in the budget. This ultimately weakens demand for accountability in resource allocation. There is a need for improved citizens’ engagement and participation in budget preparation, approval, implementation, and monitoring processes.
Status quo
- Minimal citizens input in the Budget Process
- Absence of the Kaduna Budget Manual that accommodates the provisions of the Community Development Charter (CDC)
- Lump sum provision in some budget lines
Action
This commitment will ensure that citizens participate and make inputs into the budget process, by paying special attention to the Community Development Charter (CDC) starting from the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Sector Implementation Plans (SIP), the pre-budget statement, executive budget proposal, budget debate through public hearings in the legislature, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the budget. It will also guarantee that budget planning, approval, implementation, monitoring and reporting meet the needs of citizens and that citizens have open access to budget information in a format that is both human and machine-readable.
How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?
- By making budget inputs and information available and accessible to all citizens promptly and in a usable format, this commitment will improve accountability on the part of the Government, provide openness and transparency in the budget process, and ensure that citizens are engaged throughout the budget cycle.
- Institutionalizing the CDC in the State budget manual will guarantee sustainability of civic participation.
What long-term goal as identified in your Open Government Strategy does this commitment relate to?
Improved transparent and accountable citizens-oriented governance through effective budget implementation.
Primary Policy Area
Digital Governance, Fiscal Openness, Inclusion
Primary Sector
Cross-sectoral, Public Services (general)
What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?
| Technology and Innovation for Transparency and Accountability | This commitment is relevant to transparency because it enables citizens to influence budgetary provisions that meet their needs from the Community Development Charter up to the Budget. Furthermore, transparency in public funding through the citizens budget, citizens’ accountability report and publishing of audited reports will increase the level of confidence in government and stimulate wider engagement by citizens. |
| Public Accountability | This commitment is relevant to public accountability because the mechanism will create channels to engage and hold government accountable on issues of withholding information and mismanagement of resources which will result in the investigation, sanctioning and redress of any proved cases. |
| Civic Participation | This commitment is relevant to public participation and inclusion because the Community Development Charter and other platforms created to promote public participation in budget preparation and implementation will generally expand the space for public participation in governance. |