Kaduna State, Nigeria Design Report 2018-2020 – For Public Comment

In 2020, the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM)The Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) is OGP’s accountability arm and the main means of tracking progress in participating countries. The IRM provides independent, evidence-based, and objective ... published the design report for Kaduna State’s first action planAction plans are at the core of a government’s participation in OGP. They are the product of a co-creation process in which government and civil society jointly develop commitments to open governmen.... The report covers the action plan development process and the design of commitments.

In Kaduna State, the IRM researcher Lawal Abubakar’s findings are summarized below:

Kaduna State’s first action plan represents a significant step toward a sustainable open government movement. The state’s admirable initial co-creation processCollaboration between government, civil society and other stakeholders (e.g., citizens, academics, private sector) is at the heart of the OGP process. Participating governments must ensure that a dive... can be further strengthened by formalizing and documenting OGP processes. Now familiar with OGP, stakeholders can seek to increase commitments’ scope and specificity, to raise the level of ambitionAccording to OGP’s Articles of Governance, OGP commitments should “stretch government practice beyond its current baseline with respect to key areas of open government.” Ambition captures the po... in the next action plan.

The report is available in English below. The public comment period closed 20 November 2020.