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Current Action Plan
2023-2025
Action Plan 3
- Number of Commitments: 13
- Policy Area Focus: Not specified
Nigeria’s third action plan continues open government reforms that aim to tackle corruption. Dedicated funding and a strong coalition of reformers set commitments to open the budget process and increase beneficial ownership transparency apart. Successful implementation will likely depend on whether open government momentum is sustained under the new administration. (More)
Africa and the Middle East Regional Meeting
The 2022 OGP Africa and the Middle East Regional Meeting is taking place on November 1-3 in Marrakech, Morocco.
From Commitment to Law of the Land: Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Nigeria
Shell companies are often a major enabler of corruption and financial crime. To tackle this, Nigerian reformers in government and civil society came together to establish a registry to disclose the real owners of this companies through OGP. This is how they did it.
Contact
Point of Contact
Dr. Gloria Ahmed (Government) Director, Special Duties, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning; and OGP Nigeria National Coordinator [email protected]
Resources
- Public Purpose: Civil Service Insights on Beneficial Ownership Data
2025, Research Product, Web page
- Nigeria Co-Creation Brief 2025
2025, IRM Report, Web page
- Nigeria Action Plan Review 2023-2025
2024, IRM Report, Web page
- Nigeria Action Plan Review 2023-2025 – For Public Comment
2024, Report Comments, Web page
- Nigeria Results Report 2019-2022 – For Public Comment
2023, Report Comments, Web page
- Request for extension of action plan implementation period – Plateau
2023, Letter, Web page
- Nigeria Action Plan 2023-2025
2023, Action Plan, Web page
- Nigeria – Contrary to Process Letter (February 2023)
2023, Letter, Web page
- Final Learning Exercise- Action Plan 2021-2022 – Abuja
2023, Final Learning Exercise, Web page
- Inception Report – Action plan – Plateau, Nigeria, 2021 – 2023
2023, Inception Report, Web page
- End of Commitment Report – Improve citizens’ engagement and participation in the budget process
2023, End of Commitment Report, Web page
- Inception Report – Action plan – Abuja, Nigeria, 2021 – 2022
2022, Inception Report, Web page
- Nigeria Co-Creation Brief 2022
2022, IRM Report, Web page
- Action plan – Kaduna State, Nigeria, 2021 – 2023
2021, Action Plan, Web page
- Action plan – Plateau, Nigeria, 2021 – 2023
2021, Action Plan, Web page
- Action plan – Abuja, Nigeria, 2021 – 2022
2021, Action Plan, Web page
- Plateau – Letter of Support
2021, Letter, Web page
- Abuja – Letter of Support
2021, Letter, Web page
- Nigeria Implementation Report 2017-2019
2021, IRM Report, Web page
- Nigeria Implementation Report 2017-2019 – For Public Comment
2021, Report Comments, Web page
- Kaduna State, Nigeria Design Report 2018-2020
2020, IRM Report, Web page
- Kaduna State, Nigeria Design Report 2018-2020 – For Public Comment
2020, Report Comments, Web page
- Nigeria Design Report 2019-2021
2020, IRM Report, Web page
- Nigeria Design Report 2019-2021 – For Public Comment
2020, IRM Report, Web page
- Nigeria – Co-Chair Letter of Intent for 2020 Steering Committee Elections
2020, Letter, Web page
- Nigeria Design Report 2017-2019
2020, IRM Report, Web page
- Nigeria Design Report 2017-2019 – For Public Comment
2020, Report Comments, Web page
- Nigeria Action Plan 2019-2022
2020, Action Plan, Web page
- Kaduna State Action Plan 2018-2020
2018, Action Plan, Web page
- Kaduna State, Nigeria – Letter of Intent to Join OGP (March 2018)
2018, Letter, Web page
- Nigeria Mid-Term Self-Assessment 2016-2018
2017, Self Assessment, Web Page
- Nigeria Mid-Term Self-Assessment 2016-2018
2017, Self Assessment, Web page
- Nigeria Letter of Intent to Join OGP
2017, Letter, Web page
- Nigeria National Action Plan 2017-2019
2017, Action Plan, Web page
Commitment Performance
The following variables answer the question “Did this commitment open government?“, and focus on how government practices have changed as a result of the commitment’s implementation.
Key
No IRM data
Pending IRM Review
How to Get More Starred Commitments
Starred commitments in OGP are one of the ways the IRM designates promising reforms. The graph below shows where the major areas for improvement in action plan design and implementation should take place based on past action plans.
Key
Stars (Global average 7%)
Focus on implementation
Focus on design
Pending IRM review
No IRM data
Focus on design
Focus on objectives and impact (ambition/potential impact)
Focus on relevance to open government
Focus on verifiability
Public Participation
This table shows: 1) the level of public influence during the development and implementation of OGP action plans, 2) whether consultations were open to any member of the public or only to those invited; and 3) whether a forum existed that met regularly.
Key
Participation was closed
Participation was open to any interested party
No IRM data
Forum
Pending IRM review
Definitions
Collaborate: Iterative dialogue and public helped set agenda
Involve: Government gave feedback on public inputs
Consult: Public gave input
Inform: Government provided public with information on plan
OGP Global Report Data
The data below is drawn from the 2019 OGP Global Report. You can view and learn more about the report here.
Selected Dimensions of Open Government
This section captures how each OGP member can play a leadership role, based on IRM-based findings and third-party scores. This list does not cover all of open government and OGP members are not required to take any action.
Action implications
These are recommendations on the role that each OGP member might play in each policy area. The recommendations are derived from a combination of the IRM-based findings and third-party scores.
IRM-based findings
Reflect the performance of commitments in a particular policy area, as assessed by the IRM.
(NC) No Commitments
(CA) Commitment(s) in the policy area.
(IR) IRM-Reviewed: At least one IRM-assessed commitment.
(C) Was Complete: At least one commitment was substantially or fully completed.
(A) Was Ambitious: At least one commitment with moderate or transformative potential impact.
(ER) Showed Early Results: At least one commitment opened government in a “Major” or “Outstanding” way.
Third-party scores
Reflect “real-world” performance, i.e., performance outside of the OGP framework. Scores are comprised of various indicators collected by respected organizations.
Anti-Corruption
Action
Implication
Implication
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Third-Party
Score (0-4)
Score (0-4)
Civic Space
Action
Implication
Implication
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Third-Party
Score (0-4)
Score (0-4)
Open Policy Making
Action
Implication
Implication
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Third-Party
Score (0-4)
Score (0-4)
Access to Information
Action
Implication
Implication
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Third-Party
Score (0-4)
Score (0-4)
Fiscal Openness
Action
Implication
Implication
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
Third-Party
Score (0-4)
Score (0-4)
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