According to a recent assessment, Abia, Kano, and Borno, among other states, ranked poorly in transparency and accountability in the administration of public funds and policy implementation.
The paper was created by the Paradigm Leadership Support Initiative (PLSI), a major civic-tech think tank in Nigeria that promotes accountability.
According to the report titled: “The Subnational Audit Efficacy (SAE) Index 2022” Abia, Benue, Borno and Kano occupied the least performed states – ranking 33, 34, 35, and 36 positions respectively – at 12 per cent, 10 per cent, 5 per cent and 3 per cent in that order.
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Akwa Ibom, an oil-rich state in Nigeria’s south-south area, placed first among all 36 states in terms of accountability and transparency, with 69%; Yobe, a war-torn state in Northeast Nigeria, came in second with 63%, and Katsina came in third with 50%.
Delta and Edo states got 48%, making them fourth and fifth among the states with the highest level of accountability and openness.
The report, which was released last week in Abuja, is PLSI’s third consecutive annual assessment of the degree of openness and accountability operating in the management of public monies and the implementation of public policy across the federation’s 36 states.
The findings were obtained through public audit and other key actors in the public audit action cycle, according to the study.
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‘’Audit Legal Framework and Operationalization, Submission of Annual Activity Report, Type of Audit Document Published Online, Implementation of House Resolutions on Audit Recommendations, Evidence of Performance Audit, Availability of Citizens’ Accountability Report, Civil Society/Media Participation in the Audit Process and Effectiveness of Public Accounts Committee,’’ the Executive Director at PLSI, Olusegun Elemo said explaining that the 2022 Index applied eight scoring parameters in conducting it’s findings.
Mr Elemo disclosed further that “our research team collected, examined, and validated data provided by Offices of Accountant-General, Supreme Audit Institutions, Public Accounts Committees, and Civil Society Organizations in all 36 States”.
He stated that PLSI created the Subnational Audit Efficacy Index to give accountability actors with diagnostic feedback.
According to the report, only two of the 36 states have made progress toward achieving financial autonomy for the Auditor-Office. General’s.
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In addition, none of the 36 states released a standard performance audit report on the government’s programs, projects, or policies in 2021, according to the report.
According to the SAE research, only 10 of the 36 states have put in place legal procedures to give the Office of the Auditor-General administrative independence. On the other side, it adds that 21 states did not disclose a comprehensive audit report for the fiscal year 2021 online, compared to 19 states who did not publish for the fiscal year 2020.
PLSI asked governors to demonstrate strong “political will” and invest their time, energy, public monies, and political capital to making the necessary shift (financial and administrative autonomy for audit offices) provided for in their particular state audit laws.
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