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Leveraging Public Accounts Committees to Improve Accountability at Subnational Level in Nigeria

There has been an increased public demand for transparency and accountability at the subnational level in Nigeria because of dwindling revenues occasioned by falling oil prices and outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic in the early 2020. There has necessitated the need for Public Accounts Committees (PACs) at the subnational level to be responsive to this public […]

Moving from Transparency to Accountability at Subnational Level in Nigeria

Transparency and accountability are twin concepts that are essential pillars of democratic governance in modern societies. Transparency is often and subtly intertwined with accountability, in governance but it is a tool for holding public officials accountable and fighting corruption as such, transparency is a “means” and not an “end” in itself. When a government’s meetings […]

Governance Issues in Nigeria: Are Citizens Helpless?

Like many countries in the world, Nigeria is a democratic state and democracy provides citizens with civic powers, rights, and corresponding obligations to influence government policies, activities and decisions. Governance issues in Nigeria have not been fair to a common man as citizens in different parts of the country grapple with enormous challenges facing the […]

Public Accounts Committee – A Democratic Instrument to Preventing Corruption in Nigeria

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is a Committee set up in the Parliament to hold government Institutions accountable for use of Public funds and resources, by examining all related financial documents including reports submitted by the Auditor-General. In 1999 the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association recognized the role played by Committees in parliamentary oversight and commissioned a study […]

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