At PLSI, we believe public accountability is possible ONLY with a vigilant and involved citizenry.
PLSI was founded and began operation in 2016 with focus on increasing civic participation in public audit and improving management of public finance in Nigeria. Having worked on federal revenue and expenditure issues for four years (2016 – 2020), we expanded our interventions to subnational governments to scale and sustain our impact. We’re proud to regard ourselves as Nigeria’s leading civic organization promoting efficacy of public auditing and the public audit action cycle for accountability and improved service delivery particularly to marginalized groups.
2023 – 2027 Strategy
We updated our strategy to better maximize our resources and impact. We adapted lessons learnt over the last five years and our work over the next five years is aimed at consolidating on previous gains achieved, strengthening our approaches and methodologies, solidifying the new work frontiers developed and working closely with our donors and partners to mitigate risks and achieve better outcomes for citizens, communities, and public institutions we support.
Our updated work caters to the increasing cases of public sector corruption and its impact on service delivery to citizens and democracy, the sheer lack of accountability in the implementation of government programs and policies, the rapidly shrinking civic engagement and participation in public administration and political affairs as well as capacity gaps within public institutions at national and subnational levels in Nigeria.
At PLSI, we’ve stayed the course in ensuring that public auditing both at national and subnational levels in Nigeria is enhanced to deliver accountability either in utilizing public resources or implementing public policies for public good and improved quality of life for citizens particularly those marginalized and excluded. We’re determined to continue to lead this revolutionary effort working in collaboration with other civic actors, media organizations, development partners, public institutions, citizens groups and other partners. We have seen the potential impact of an effective and participatory public auditing system and we’re committing ourselves over the next five years to leverage the potency of this unique accountability instrument to address various social crises affecting Nigeria and Nigerians. In our updated strategy, 66.8% of our work will center around public auditing while 16.6% will be focused on increasing citizens’ participation, involvement and engagement in political affairs and public administration and another 16.6% concentrated on providing technical and administrative support to our institutional partners.
In updating our strategy, we resolved to further leverage our strengths and deemphasized weaknesses. We looked at what the opportunities and threats are to our work and sustainability over the next five years and after an intensive ten-month period in a process involving our entire team, we identified six priority areas stated below:
- Value for Money (Revenue & Expenditure)
- Research, Policy & Advocacy
- Citizens Participation, Engagement & Involvement
- Climate Change Adaptation & Energy Accountability
- Institutional Support & Capacity Strengthening
- Gender Equality Accountability
While we’re convinced this updated strategy sets out the overall direction for us over the next five years, we will be flexible especially given the complexity and implication of our work, to allow for adaptation as needed across diverse sectors over time.
We humbly invite you to join us in pushing the boundary of accountability further!
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