The commitments are:
FISCAL TRANSPARENCY NAP 2
COMMITMENT 1: OPEN BUDGET AND AUDIT
Ensure more effective citizens’ participation across the entire budget cycle
Lead MDA: Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning / Budget Office of the Federation
Responsible person(s): Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning This commitment will ensure that citizens participate and make inputs into the budget process, starting with the pre-budget statement (Call Circular, MTEF, MTSS etc.), executive budget proposal, budget debate through public hearings in the legislature, implementation, monitoring, reporting and auditing of the budget. It will also guarantee that budget information is made accessible to all. The details of implementation of specific activities are as follows:Milestone 1: Conduct annual citizens’ satisfaction survey
Lead MDAs: BudgIT
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to June 2021
Status:
Last Updated: October 2019
Milestone 2: Mobilize CSO and citizen participation in budget hearing
Start-Finish Date: Nov 2019 to June 2020
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Last Updated: October 2019
Start-Finish Date: Oct 2019 to June 2021
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Last Updated: October 2019
Milestone 4: Annually publish a comprehensive citizen’s guide to the budget.
Start-Finish Date: Oct 2019 to June 2021
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Last Updated: October 2019
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to July 2020
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Last Updated: October 2019
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to June 2021
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Last Updated: October 2019
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to September 2020
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Last Updated: October 2019
Milestone 8: Advocate for public hearings organized by the National Assembly on the budget
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to October 2019
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Last Updated: October 2019
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to February 2020
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Last Updated: October 2019
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to June 2021
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Last Updated: October 2019
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to May 2021
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Last Updated: October 2019
Milestone 13: Advocate for timely publishing of audit recommendations by the National Assembly
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to May 2021
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Last Updated: October 2019
Milestone 14: Advocate for timely implementation of audit recommendations by Executive agencies
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to May 2021
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Last Updated: October 2019
COMMITMENT 2: OPEN PROCUREMENT
Full implementation of Open Contracting and adoption of Open Contracting Data Standards in the public sector.Lead MDA: Bureau of Public Procurement
Responsible person(s): Mamman Ahmadu, FNIQS [The Director General] To improve accountability and transparency of public procurement processes; promote wider stakeholder participation and better service delivery through the implementation of OCDS. The Bureau of Public Procurement in line with the government commitment at the 2016 London anti-corruption summit deployed the first Nigerian Open Contracting Portal (NOCOPO). The open contracting portal seeks to address issues around opacity, corruption, resource wastage and improve the quality of services delivered to Nigerians through wider stakeholder participation in the procurement spectrum. This will ultimately improve transparency and accountability of fiscal governance; better infrastructure and service delivery and public trust in governance. The second phase of the NAP will prioritize timely data publication and availability, quality and use of published data by different categories of stakeholders for optimal results. This commitment will ensure inclusion of relevant actors such as Women and Youth groups, Private sector stakeholders and State-Based Organizations to access, use and report on the impacts of published data. The details of implementation of specific activities are as follows:Lead MDAs: BPP, PPDC, Procurement Working Group
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to August 2021
Status: UNDERWAY
Last Updated: October 2019
Other Details:
- PPDC continued to host the Budeshi Radio program to sensitize the public on procurement related issues in Nigeria. PPDC is in the process of recruiting community-based monitors to track and report on the state of public procurement in their communities.
- Over 40 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working on accountability and transparency on Access to Information and Open Contracting Data Standards were trained in June 2017. This training resulted in the inauguration of the Procurement monitoring working group (PMWG) that was targeted towards strengthening monitoring and reporting on public finance expenditure by citizens at all levels. The group interfaces with the Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP) to foresee the implementation of the NOCOPO, ensure its effectiveness, active operation and interoperability with other data banks such as the Beneficial Ownership register being developed by CAC, its sustainability and citizens access it. (BPP & PMWG) It is still an on-going process.
- PPDC has developed a toll free number for people to call, ask questions and report on contract implementation within their communities. 0800BUDESHI or 08002833744
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to July 2021
Status: UNDERWAY
Last Updated: October 2019
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to June 2021
Status: COMPLETED
Last Updated: October 2019
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to June 2021
Status: UNDERWAY
Last Updated: October 2019
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to June 2021
Status: COMPLETED
Last Updated: October 2019
Other Details:
- The Procurement Working Group collaborated with Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) and BPP to organise a ‘User Needs and Requirement. Gathering’ workshop for the upgrade of NOCOPO which held on 22ndFebruary 2018. The forum was an opportunity for all stakeholders to contribute to NOCOPO 2.0.
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to June 2021
Status: UNDERWAY
Last Updated: October 2019
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- The constitution of the National Procurement Council has begun and potential members have been contacted by the Secretary of the Government of the Federation.
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to June 2021
Status: UNDERWAY
Last Updated: October 2019
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Milestone 22: Inclusion of the requirement of the Beneficial ownership in public procurement
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to October 2020
Status: UNDERWAY
Last Updated: October 2019
Other Details:
- The NOCOPO platform that has commenced the pilot phase for the deployment of data with eight (8) MDAs. The full deployment across MDAs will become operational six months after the pilot phase
COMMITMENT 3: REVENUE TRANSPARENCY
Improving the fairness, transparency, efficiency and effectiveness of Nigeria tax and non-tax revenue systems through the adoption of common reporting standards and other key revenue initiatives (TADAT, Addis Tax initiative, Strategic Revenue Growth Initiative and Financial System Strategies 2020). Adopt common reporting standards and the Addis Tax initiative aimed at improving the fairness, transparency, efficiency and effectiveness of the tax system. Lead MDA: Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning Responsible person(s): Mrs. Zainab Ahmed [Honourable Minister of Finance] The commitment seeks to promote increased tax and non-tax revenues by ensuring the prevention of all forms of tax evasion and the reduction of tax avoidance, Illicit financial flows and leakages. This will address the issues of multiple taxation, levies, charges, duties and also make businesses pay their fair share of tax and non-tax dues. It will also create equity such that local businesses are competitive, can create jobs and contribute to economic development. Tax and non-tax avoidance and evasion have resulted in reduction of revenue needed to finance development, which has consequently created an unfavorable environment for local entrepreneurs. This results in the inability of the government to provide sound services for citizens’ welfare and failure of small businesses, thereby increasing poverty. The details of implementation of specific activities are as follows:Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to June 2021
Status: UNDERWAY
Last Updated: October 2019
Other Details:
- A committee was inaugurated by FIRS on 13th March 2018 and they will work out engagement with financial institutions. Another committee will be set up to handle other corporate institutions.
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to October 2020
Status: UNDERWAY
Last Updated: October 2019
Other Details:- A regulation on Country by Country (CBC) has been prepared by FIRS, approved by Finance Minister and sent to Justice Minister for gazetting.
- The CBC has been ratified by Federal Executive Council.
- A regulation has been drafted by FIRS on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information and will be sent to the Finance Minister for Approval.
- The Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information is about to be sent to the FEC for approval.
- Note that the two regulation covers common reporting standards (CRS)
Milestone 25: Review and enforcement of penalties for non-compliance to standards.
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to June 2021
Status: COMPLETED
Last Updated: October 2019
Other Details:- The regulation covers the penalties and directives to stakeholders; and will become effective once the regulations are gazetted
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to July 2020
Status: UNDERWAY
Last Updated: October 2019
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to December 2020
Status: COMPLETED
Last Updated: October 2019
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Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to December 2020
Status:
Last Updated: October 2019
Milestone 29: Review IDEC policies and exemption and digitalize/automate processes - NCS
Start-Finish Date: October 2019 to December 2020
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Last Updated: October 2019
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