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Nigeria

  • Member Since 2016
  • Action Plan 1

Current Action Plan

2017-2019

Action Plan 1

  • Number of Commitments: 14
  • Policy Area Focus: Beneficial Ownership, Extractive Industry Transparency, Asset Recovery

Nigeria is currently implementing 14 commitments from their 2017-2019 action plan.

Point of Contact

Benjamin Okoyo Deputy Director and Head, Freedom of Information Unit, Ministry of Justice benoguokolo@gmail.com

Commitments

  1. Citizen Participation in Budget Cycle

    NG0001, 2017, Audits and Controls

  2. Open Contracting

    NG0002, 2017, Capacity Building

  3. Extractive Sector Transparency

    NG0003, 2017, Beneficial Ownership

  4. Tax Reporting Standards

    NG0004, 2017, Fiscal Transparency

  5. World Bank Doing Business Index

    NG0005, 2017, Infrastructure & Transport

  6. Beneficial Ownership Register

    NG0006, 2017, Beneficial Ownership

  7. Anti-Corruption Informationi Sharing

    NG0007, 2017, Anti-Corruption Institutions

  8. Asset Recovery Legislation

    NG0008, 2017, Capacity Building

  9. Anti-Corruption Activity Coordination

    NG0009, 2017, Anti-Corruption Institutions

  10. FOIA Compliance for Annual Reporting

    NG0010, 2017, Capacity Building

  11. FOIA Compliance for Disclosure

    NG0011, 2017, E-Government

  12. Permanent Dialogue Mechanism

    NG0012, 2017, Fiscal Transparency

  13. Joint Governmnet-Civil Society Legislation Review

    NG0013, 2017, OGP

  14. Technology-Based Citizens' Feedback

    NG0014, 2017, E-Government

Current Data

The data below is updated periodically, most often after large numbers of new action plans and IRM reports.

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

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Major
Outstanding
Starred Commitments
Action Plan 1

Global

Most per action plan
4
7

Regional

Most per action plan
0
2

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

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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

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Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Development

Action Plan 1
Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Implementation

Action Plan 1

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.

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Anti-Corruption

Beneficial Ownership
Action Implications
New Initiative
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
No data
Open Contracting
Action Implications
New Initiative
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.23 Sources

Civic Space

Freedom of Assembly
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.89 Sources
Freedom of Association
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.76 Sources
Defending Journalists and Activists
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.95 Sources

Open Policy Making

Participation in Lawmaking
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.47 Sources
Open Regulations
Action Implications
New Initiative
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.20 Sources

Access to Information

Right to Information
Action Implications
New Initiative
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.12 Sources
Open Data (Water / Sanitation)
Action Implications
Consider Action
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.60 Sources
Open Data (Health)
Action Implications
New Initiative
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.40 Sources
Open Data (Education)
Action Implications
New Initiative
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
1.30 Sources

Fiscal Openness

Transparency
Action Implications
New Initiative
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
0.68 Sources
Participation
Action Implications
New Initiative
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
0.52 Sources
Oversight
Action Implications
New Initiative
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
3rd-Party Score (0-4)
2.24 Sources

Resources

  1. Nigeria Mid-Term Self-Assessment 2016-2018

    2017, Documents, Web Page

  2. Nigeria Letter of Intent to Join OGP

    2017, Letter, Web page

  3. Nigeria Mid-Term Self-Assessment 2016-2018

    2017, Self Assessment, Web page

  4. Nigeria National Action Plan 2017-2019

    2017, Action Plan, Web page

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