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[FILES] Akure, Ondo state
Jigawa and Ondo states out-performed other states to occupy the number one and number two positions in the second quarter (Q2) 2023 States Fiscal Transparency League published by BudgIT.
BudgIT, a civic organisation, uses creative technology to simplify public information, stimulating a community of active citizens and enabling their right to demand accountability, institutional reforms, efficient service delivery and an equitable society.
The report also shows that four states, Sokoto, Benue, Ogun and Enugu performed poorly, occupying 36th, 35th, 34th and 33rd positions respectively.
The initiative, according to BudgIT, is a build-up on the recently concluded World Bank’s State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme, which promotes fiscal transparency and facilitates accountability in public resource management.
The BudgIT’s States Fiscal Transparency League initiative, it says, is meant to sustain the gains of the World Bank’s SFTAS by tracking how well states continue to maintain fiscal transparency, accountability, accessibility and effective public finance management.
The programme, which is a quarterly assessment of how well the states are performing, appraises the availability and accessibility of information based on proposed budgets, approved budgets and citizens’ budget, budget implementation reports (BIR). Others are audited reports, citizens’ accountability reports, eProcurement portal, contract award information, medium-term expenditure frameworks (MTEF), citizen’s engagement as well as the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act compliance.
To qualify them to lead the rest, Jigawa State’s MTEF document was comprehensive and timely, with a citizens’ budget, the report said.
The state’s website and e-procurement portal have all the required information and are easily navigable.
Ondo, on its part, also had a fully comprehensive and timely-published MTEF document. Its approved budget was comprehensive but not timely, while the reverse was the case for its citizens’ budget, which was timely.
The e-procurement portal is navigable, comprehensive and accessible just like the state’s website.
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