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Nigeria Accountability Summit (NAS) 2023: Institutionalizing Accountability for Effective Public Administration in Nigeria

December 13, 2023 By PLSI Admin In BLOG No Comments

The Nigeria Accountability Summit (NAS) 2023 stood as a watershed moment in the nation’s pursuit of good governance and sustainable development. As both national and subnational governments implement and contemplate policies to reposition the Nigerian economy, citizens’ bear the immediate brunt of these decisions, all the while hoping for lasting positive outcomes. Yet, the crucial […]

Nigeria’s ‘Decade of Gas’ Policy: Assessing Implementation Challenges and the Path Forward

December 5, 2023 By PLSI Admin In BLOG No Comments

Nigeria, being one of the world’s top gas producers[1], has initiated the “Decade of Gas” policy to utilize its vast natural gas resources for economic growth[2]. This policy, which started in 2021 and will span until 2030, aims to expand the production of natural gas and promote its diversified utilization, particularly in power generation, industrial […]

PLSI Announces Selected Fellows for its Public Audit Media Fellowship Program

October 16, 2023 By PLSI Admin In BLOG No Comments

As part of our MacArthur Foundation funded project to strengthen public audit practices and accountability at the state level in Nigeria, Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI) is pleased to announce the selected Fellows of its inaugural Public Audit Media Fellowship Program (Cohort 1 & 2). PLSI recognizes that inadequate citizen participation in Nigerian public audit […]

Mining Reform, Corporate Policy Disclosures & Participation Crucial to Achieving a ‘Just’ Energy Transition for Nigeria

July 1, 2023 By PLSI Admin In BLOG No Comments

Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan emphasizes five objectives including lifting 100 million citizens out of poverty, providing modern energy services to all, managing job losses from the oil sector, harmonizing all ETP initiatives and promoting fair, inclusive and equitable transition for the African continent. The Plan which is lacking in how technological, financial, and human resource […]

Climate Change Adaptation in Nigeria: Bridging the Gap Between National and Subnational Governments

May 17, 2023 By PLSI Admin In BLOG No Comments

Without a doubt, climate change has sparked a domino effect, frequently impacting the critical sectors (extractive, industrial, health, and agriculture/food production) of economies worldwide. The Global South (Latin America, Africa, and most of Asia) according to research suffers most of the brunt and with no or underperforming governments, institutions, and critical sectors, countries that fall […]

Why Gender Equality is Crucial to Nigeria’s Development

May 17, 2023 By PLSI Admin In BLOG No Comments

Conspicuously, progress and development in human societies require the participation of men and women, boys and girls, and the marginalized groups in society. Gender equality is integral to human development, as aptly pointed out by Mahbub-ul Haq: “Development, if not engendered, is endangered”. Equally, economic growth, regardless of the approach adopted, has been amply demonstrated […]

SAE Index 2022 – Keynote Address by His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal

April 2, 2023 By PLSI Admin In BLOG No Comments

Keynote Address Delivered by His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR Governor of Sokoto State and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) At the public presentation of the 2022 Subnational Audit Efficacy (SAE) Index Report Abuja Continental Hotel, 1 Ladi Kwali Street, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja Wednesday 29th March 2022 Protocols I am happy […]

Gender Equality Accountability: Role of Supreme Audit Institutions in Nigeria

February 23, 2023 By PLSI Admin In BLOG No Comments

As external public sector oversight body, SAIs can play vital role in promoting and achieving gender equality and resolving the different challenges faced by men, women, and the marginalized group in the society. Given their mandates covering not only government spending but assessing effective implementations of government policies, the Supreme Audit Institutions SAIs occupies preeminent […]

Transparent Corruption & the Quest for Accountability

February 13, 2023 By PLSI Admin In BLOG No Comments

Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), in the last decades, countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama and Paraguay have designed and created electronic platforms that make information about procurement and government officials’ personal assets public. These electronic platforms have guaranteed an effective and transparent flow of public information, thereby empowering citizens to […]

Climate Change Adaptation in Nigeria; Catalyst for Energy Transition

January 31, 2023 By PLSI Admin In BLOG No Comments

Devastating events are occurring in many nations, making the effects of climate change clear and unrelenting worldwide. This is evidenced by, among other things, flooding, temperature rise, the expansion of the desert, difficulties with economic activity (agricultural), and biodiversity loss[1]. The effects are most severe in Africa, and it is likely that nothing will change—if […]