By Jacinta Nwachukwu
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), International Budget Partnership (IBP), Nigeria, has stressed the need for governments to ensure public participation in Nigeria’s debt management for more transparency and accountability.
The Country Director, of IBP, Olayinka Babalola, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at a news conference on the findings of the Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2025, the debt accountability module for Nigeria.
Babalola said that the assessment revealed that public participation on debt management was very weak, saying that the connection between borrowing and visible outcomes for citizens remained weak and often unclear.
She said that the survey also highlighted important gaps in transparency,…