Ijeoma

[Olúṣeun Onìgbìndé @seunonigbinde]

This is understated impact.

[Olúṣeun Onìgbìndé @seunonigbinde]

Our Katsina State officer was macheted and nearly killed in a barbaric fashion. This is a difficult period for the organization as insecurity continues to rise.

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

🗣️ Dear National Assembly @nassnigeria,

The budget process is a critical aspect of democracy and should not happen behind closed doors. Create the system and the time for citizens to participate in the process.

It is their right!

#GetInvolved
#2025Budget

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

Hello Nigerians 🇳🇬

Here are 14 States that will STRUGGLE if FAAC allocation stops coming in today!

If FAAC disappears today, these states will struggle to pay salaries, pension and gratuity. This is because they rely on FAAC for at least 70% of their total revenue.

1. Bayelsa - 92.17%
2. Akwa Ibom - 86.29%
3. Delta - 83.88%
4. Taraba - 81.89%
5. Niger - 80.19%
6. Benue - 79.85%
7. Anambra - 76.94%
8. Bauchi - 75.33%
9. Cross River - 74.87%
10. Nasarawa - 74.55%
11. ⁠Gombe - 72.29%
12. Enugu - 70.68%
13. ⁠Edo - 70.24%
14. ⁠Kano - 70.24%

Is your state among this list? Can your state still function if FAAC allocation is removed from its total revenue?

State of States report is out 👉 https://t.co/8ATQRmAWzh

#StateofStates2024

[Ijeoma @omalico]

Make it make sense abeg

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

Insertions for personal gain cannot continue in our budget.

Nigerians, watch out for the #2025budget. It’s time for the country to align its budget to development goals and institutional mandates.

Join us in advocating for a budget that reflects the people’s interests.

#TheBudgetisaMess
@NGRSenate

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

When was the last time you tracked a project in your community? 🤔

Make the most of this free public holiday & reach out to your elected representative to follow up on that project.

Ep. 2 of #CivicBants with @Ayo_Lad is going to make your day!

🎙️ https://t.co/dWKVWNloSR

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

🇳🇬 2024 Budget Fiscal Framework! 📢

Total Revenue 👉 N19.60tn
Total Expenditure 👉 N28.77tn
Deficit 👉 N9.18tn

#2024BudgetNG #AskQuestions

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

🗣️🗣️ I love my country, no be for mouth. You sef need to put hand to make Nigeria 🇳🇬 better 💪

Wetin you dey do to make sure say government do wetin dem suppose do for your area?

Oya #NaijaPipu, make we talk!
#GetInvolved

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

🗣️🗣️From Fans to Citizens. 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

The same way you are a Nigerian Fan 🦅, strive to also be an #ActiveCitizen.

Let’s score big for our Nation’s future!

Super Eagles ➡️➡️ Finals 🚀
#GetInvolved

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

📢 @TrackaNG uncovers N8.6bn paid by the Federal Ministry of Works @FMWNIG to FIMS Microfinance Bank Ltd. between June & December 2023 for 62 projects, including the construction of road projects across Nigeria.

Press Statement.
Thread!
#AskQuestions

[Tracka @TrackaNG]

ATTENTION!

Between June - Dec 2023, Federal Ministry of Works Pays N8.6 billion to FIMS Microfinance Bank Ltd for the construction of road projects in Oyo, Benue, Ekiti & Kaduna.

During this period, the ministry paid the bank to execute 58 projects.

Details in thread below:

[RUGGEDMAN @RuggedyBaba]

WOW! Nkechi Colewell: Born in UK, Lived 35 Years in Abia Village for the Sick .

Precisely three weeks ago, I had a tap on my back shortly after a Church service in London. As I turned to behold at whose behest, I saw an elderly lady on a wheel chair.
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Her words were simple, straight and shocking - “I bụ onye Igbo?" (Are you Igbo?)

I stared at her with my mouth agape, not sure if she was the one who asked. I felt I had some auditory hallucination but I managed to reluctantly nod in affirmation.
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She gave a toothy smile and probed further - “Ebe n'ala Igbo ka ị sị?" (which part of Igbo land are you from?)
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I told her in shock. She smiled again and said: “M ruru ọrụ na Steeti gị for more than 35 years" (loosely translated, “I worked in your State for more than 35 years)
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As she wanted to tell about herself and her works, my mind quickly went down the memory lane. With every goosebumps my entire body could hold, I asked her: “I bụ Nkechi Rosalind Colwell?"
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She nodded but this time in tears. I rushed and knelt down before her and hugged her in tears.
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Angels come in human forms and I was so sure I just met one.
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NKECHI ROSALIND COLEWELL came to Uzuakoli in Abia State as a young nurse and served in the Leper Colony there.
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She was touched by our lackadaisical attitude towards mental health. She couldn’t stand seeing our mentally-challenged siblings roaming the streets even for simple curable ones.
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She opened a Home for the Mentally ill at Amaudo, Itumbauzo and went round the whole of Abia State, picking up and admitting our siblings to this home.
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They got medical care, learnt a skill and some were rehabilitated and reintegrated into the society.
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Nkechi left the comfort of her home in United Kingdom and dedicated her entire life serving the most deprived in forgotten corners of our homeland.
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As her sister later told me, “She is Nigerian and hardly identifies as British. She still eats your food and desires to return home back to you someday...”
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Her fluency in Igbo language thrilled us all. For almost an hour we spoke, even with my family, we did in Igbo.
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She was given the name NKECHI by Late Pa Herbert Osoka. The community she served also gave her a chieftaincy title, while she was knighted by the Methodist Church.
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Unfortunately, NKECHI suffered a massive stroke attack at Itumbauzo which left her partially paralysed and confined to wheelchair.
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She had to go back to United Kingdom, even against her personal desire (unlike our President) due to the poor state of our healthcare.
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People like NKECHI COLEWELL deserve sainthood.
In a country where national honours are bestowed on undeserving politicians and highest-bidding business men, NKECHI’s name can be easily forgotten.
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In a State where selective amnesia rules her political class, NKECHI won’t be found fit for the “Enyi (Elephant) Abia” state honours and their likes.
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I thanked NKECHI for her service to an ungrateful people like us. I told her that her breed is rare, and when the roll will be called, I believe that she will be counted as the Righteous Among The Nations.
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Thank you, Ms NKECHI COLEWELL

Credit: "Uche Anyanwagu"

—PLEASE SHARE, SHARE AND SHARE TILL THIS ANGEL IS HONORED..
Att: @alexottiofr @AbiaGov

[Channels Television @channelstv]

Why there is very little pressure on states to perform well economically.

- Vahyala Kwaga, Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst

#PoliticsToday
#CTVTweets

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

Today, we laid Alhassan Sesay, our brother, friend, and colleague, to rest. We pray that God grants his family the fortitude to bear the loss.

Also, on Friday, December 15, 2023, BudgIT HQ @BudgITng conducted a memorial service and a heartfelt tribute in his honor. It was a poignant moment during which we reminisced about the positive memories of Alhassan. Undoubtedly, he was a person of goodness, kindness, and dedication. He had the ability to see hope when no one else could. We take comfort in believing he is now in a better place.

May his soul rest in eternal peace.🕊️

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

📢 What you should know about the 2024 Proposed Budget!

The #2024Budget of ‘Renewed Hope’ as proposed by President @officialABAT outlines a total expenditure of N27.5 trillion (equivalent to $36.7 billion), with a projected revenue of N18.32 trillion ($24.4 billion) and a deficit of N9.18 trillion ($12.2 billion).

Thread!
#Budget2024NG

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

A sectoral breakdown of the Proposed 2024 Budget.

Of the total budget expenditure of N27.5 trillion, N3.25 trillion, representing 12%, is allocated to the Defence and Security Sector, which comprises Military, Police, and Para-military.

#Budget2024NG

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

🎙️ BREAKING: @TrackaNG uncovers N8.6bn payments to 26 ‘No-Show Contractors’ for 19 projects across nine states in the FG 2022 Budget.

PRESS STATEMENT
Thread!
#AskQuestions

[Tracka @TrackaNG]

Dear Gov. @AlexOttiAbia,
This is Ulasi Primary School 1, Aba South LGA, Abia State. There are only 2 teachers in this school; (The head teacher and assistant) teaching all the subjects and classes.

The classrooms are in a bad state so parents frequently ask their wards to stay back at home sometimes for fear that the structure might collapse soon.
During rainy seasons, the classrooms get flooded and makes learning difficult for the pupils.

We implore the office of @Abia_Update, @NigEducation, @ubecnigeria to facilitate the renovation and staffing of this school so that the children of Ulasi can return to school.

#fixourschools

[Tracka @TrackaNG]

Dear Gov, @AlexOttiAbia

The Mbaocha Ward PHC, Umuahia North L.G.A, Abia state, is located in a small room in the community hall.

The ‘delivery room’ is a tiny space in the hall and inappropriate to cater to such medical procedure, putting the lives of pregnant women in the community at risk.

We implore the office of @Abia_Update, @Fmohnigeria, @NphcdaNG to facilitate the completion and furnishing of the new facility that has been abandoned for over 4years to provide quality healthcare for the residents.

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

@GabsynGreat The #StateofStates report is a comparative assessment of the fiscal performance & position of the 36 states of the federation- looking at how States can finance their budgets with revenues generated internally, viz-a-vis their dependence on the Federal Allocation. - @GabsynGreat