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CSO wants budget violation criminalised in Nigeria The Punch
Published 11 July 2021
A Civil Society Organisation, Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group, in collaboration with a non-governmental organisation, OXFAM, has canvassed criminalisation of budget violation and indiscipline to be criminalised in Nigeria.
The group, also known as NDEBUMOG, explained that until harsh sanctions were meted out on budget implementation violators, Nigerians in elected and appointed positions would not take fiscal responsibility seriously.
The group’s position is contained in a communique issued at the end of a two-day advocacy roundtable on civic inclusion, budget monitoring, transparency, accountability, gender inclusion and alliance building held in Uyo, the Akwa, Ibom State capital.
Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group
The Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group (NDEBUMOG) has lamented the exclusion of citizens and civil society organisations (CSOs) from participating in budget processes in spite of constitutional provisions for their inclusion.
It noted that inputs and needs of communities were hardly captured in budgets, stressing that Federal and state governments were systematically closing the civic space, thereby, making it difficult and risky for citizens to demand accountability, good governance and respect for human rights.
It stated this in a communiqué issued after a two-day advocacy roundtable on civic inclusion, budget monitoring, transparency, accountability, gender inclusion and alliance building organised by NDEBUMOG in collaboration with OXFAM in Akwa Ibom State.
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