Agora Policy, an Abuja-based think tank, says Nigeria’s impressive array of transparency and accountability measures has not made the desired dent in governance and development in the country.
In its latest report titled ‘Imperative of Strengthening Nigeria’s Transparency and Accountability Measures’, the organisation attributed the inefficacy of the accountability measures to subsisting gaps in legislation, capacity, values and resourcing.
“Whether now or in the future, Nigeria needs more transparency and accountability, not less,” the report reads.
“As Nigeria prepares for a new government, a stocktaking of the transparency and accountability measures is desirable to ensure that the zeal for anticorruption is sustained and that the prevailing measures are fit for purpose, and further strengthened and institutionalised.”
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In the report, Agora Policy examined 16 transparency and accountability mechanisms within four clusters: norms and values, public financial management, open disclosure, and sanctions.
The measures assessed include asset declaration, freedom of information, public procurement, whistle-blower policy, annual and routine audits, government’s e-payment platforms such as Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information (IPPIS) and Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS).
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