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Nigeria Design Report 2019-2021

Nigeria’s second action plan continues commitments on budget openness, public contracts, extractive industry, anti-corruption measures and implementation of freedom of information legislation. The plan also provides new focus on improved service delivery, inclusion and civic space. While civil society and…

Nigeria Design Report 2019-2021 – For Public Comment

In 2020, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) published the design report for Nigeria’s second action plan. The report covers the action plan development process and the design of commitments. In Nigeria, the IRM findings are summarized below: Nigeria’s second action…

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Faces of Open Government: Alhaji Garba Abubakar

Registrar General Alhaji Garba Abubakar from the Government of Nigeria discusses milestones in Nigeria's beneficial ownership transparency work and how Nigeria’s open government journey led to this moment. 

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Featured Commitment: Complaint Registration and Processing Mechanism

Read how Burkina Faso is working to improve delivery of public services through a complaint recording and processing system. "What's in the 2019 Action Plans" publication.

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Featured Commitment: Expanding Community-Based Justice Services

Read about Sierra Leone's commitment to develop a national access to justice policy and a directorate for community-based justice services. This commitment is featured in the "What's in the 2019 Action Plans" publication.

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