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Ondo Assembly, PROMAD to Sign MoU on Public Projects Tracking—Oladiji

Fola Badmus1 month ago1 month ago03 mins

Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly (ODHA), has expressed the readiness of the legislative arm of the Ondo State Government to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PROMAD Infotech Foundation. Rt. Hon. Oladiji, who was represented by his deputy, Rt. Hon. Ololade Gbegudu announced the plan while speaking at the closeout ceremony for the 18 fellows of the Social Accountability Fellowship organised in the State by PROMAD in Akure on Tuesday. The speaker disclosed to the gathering that discussions were ongoing with the Management of PROMAD to increase the number of fellows from 18 to 26, so that each state constituency will be duly represented. He said, “This is a first-of-its-kind initiative, and the House has adopted it. I urge the fellows to remain steadfast and committed to securing a better future for our State.” He said the MoU would strengthen collaboration for citizen oversight to track, monitor and report government projects in their communities to the House. In June, PROMAD commenced the implementation of Strengthening Participation, Accountability and Transparency in States (SPATS) with the support of ALDA—European Association for Local Democracy, under the WYDE Civic Engagement Project, and implemented in collaboration with European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), Elbarlament, People in Need, and the European Partnership for Democracy and funded by the European Union (EU). As part of its advocacy under SPATS, PROMAD has engaged the Ondo State House of Assembly and other relevant government agencies to promote participatory and accountable governance in the State. When the MoU is signed, a new paradigm for citizens, especially young people in the State, to co-oversight public projects and directly make findings known to their lawmakers for speedy interventions. This will further strengthen the successes recorded by PROMAD under its flagship social accountability, FollowTheProjects, which is developing a new dashboard for real-time project monitoring and providing more accessibility to Nigerians.

PROMAD, NYFF, Others to Host Youth Regional Dialogues for OGP National Action Plan

Fola Badmus2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

PROMAD Infotech Foundation, the Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF), the Nigeria Open Government Partnership, and the Socio-Economic Research and Development Centre (SERDEC) have announced a new partnership to host regional dialogues for youth participation in the co-creation of Nigeria’s fourth National Action Plan (NAP IV) for the implementation of the Open Government Partnership (OGP). The partnership is announced under the Strengthening Youth Participation in the OGP Process in Nigeria. According to a statement signed by the leadership of the organisations and the national coordinator of OGP, the regional dialogues are a direct effort to support youth participation in the co-creation of the country’s NAP IV, currently being developed by the national OGP secretariat, to strengthen open governance and development. Nigeria joined the global OGP in 2016 and developed and implemented NAP I-III between 2016-2025, which has helped the country to make progress in driving open governance, accountability and transparency initiatives. Despite the progress recorded, the previous NAPs lacked a deliberate focus on youth inclusion and their unique challenges that need to be captured in the development process. The six regional dialogues are intended to bring youth to the table and bridge the gaps identified, and build on recent efforts to mainstream youth perspectives across open government initiatives and reforms in Nigeria. Through the support of the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD), PROMAD will lead the hosting of three regional dialogues in the South-West, South-South and North-Central, while NYFF will lead the hosting of the dialogues in South-East, North-East and North-West and a national convening, respectively. The national secretariat of OGP and SERDEC will support the implementation of activities during the regional dialogues across the six political zones of Nigeria. The dialogues, which will take place between July and October 2025, are expected to enrich the co-creation process for the NAP IV between citizens and the government through the national OGP secretariat. The data, opinions and recommendations from the regions will be synthesised to develop a single report to be presented and adopted during the national convening in Abuja by the national OGP stakeholders as a working document for the NAP IV.