BudgIT launches FG budget dashboard; give citizens access to disaggregated dat

COMFORT EKELEME, Business Editor

BudgIT has launched its interactive Federal Government budget dashboard, a web-based platform that provides quick access to the budget data at a disaggregated level across all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

BudgIT, a leading public data organisation focused on raising active citizens and civic leaders to improve governance by bridging the information gap between the government and citizens.

Through this platform, stakeholders, including citizens, civil society organizations and the media, are now equipped with accurate data to engage government agencies, political representatives and policymakers.

The FG Budget Dashboard organizes budget information through quick analysis and summaries with corresponding infographics to simplify and present seemingly complex data in easily digestible and comprehensible bits and formats.

Similarly, data on this platform can be leveraged by analysts, researchers, the media, and the general public to monitor the budget process at micro and macro levels, strengthen public debate and engagement, and improve participatory governance by providing the instrument to hold state actors accountable.

Head of Research and Policy Advisory, BudgIT, Iniobong Usen said, “the launch of the FG Budget Portal is a realisation of two of BudgIT’s core mandates: to improve budget access and enhance budget literacy.

“The FG budget dashboard also functions as a lens through which citizens can examine federal government budgets more closely and in a less complex format, allowing Nigerians to determine whether their interests have been adequately represented.

“We, therefore, urge citizens, civil society organisations, and the media to utilize the platform to gain access to this disaggregated federal government data in order to participate in governance in an effective and informed manner,” Usen said.