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Tracka-2016-Constituency-Projects-Report.Pdf 2016 Federal Constituency Projects Lessons and Findings from Focus States As at July, 2017 Be an Active Citizen FIND OUT ABOUT CENTRAL Engage your representative at the GOVERNMENT PROJECTS IN YOUR VISIT PROJECT SITES house of Represemntatives 1 CONSTITUENCY 2 3 Write an email, tweet at or send a letter to your representatives to demand information on Visit BudgIT’s Tracka Website - www.tracka.ng Take pictures and share on social media government’s projects in your area. Select your state and find projects around you platforms - Twitter & Facebook ENGAGE MINISTRY/AGENCY REPORT PROJECT AND MONITOR 4 IN CHARGE OF PROJECT 5 PROGRESS UPDATE Report Issues on Tracka website- www.tracka.ng Know the agency in charge Write an email, tweet at or send a letter to the Ministry or Agency in Charge to inquire Status of the Project #AskQuestions [email protected] About Tracka Tracka is a platform designed by BudgIT to enable citizens follow up on budgetary capital expenditure and constituency projects in their respective communities – to enhance service delivery by all tiers of the Nigerian government. Tracka seeks to expand the community of active citizens across every literacy span and facilitate creative engagement, thereby sustaining a feedback loop between citizens and public institutions. Our primary goal is to stimulate the demand for Open Data in Nigeria’s local communities, primarily through budget access and performance monitoring. The tracking of projects in this report is supported by the Omidyar Network, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). Lead Partner: Oluseun Onigbinde Tracka Team: Abiola Sosami, Uadamen Ilevbaoje, Kehinde Obadare and Adewole Adejola Editor: Ruona Meyer and Damisola Akolade-Yilu Creative Development: Segun Adeniyi Contact: 1st Floor, 55 Moleye Street, Alagomeji, Yaba, Lagos. Nigeria. Disclaimer: This document has been produced by BudgIT to provide information on budgets and public data issues. BudgIT hereby certifies that all the views expressed in this document accurately reflect our analytical views, which we release into the public domain based on empirical evidence and our highests standards of professionalism. While reasonable care has been taken in preparing this document, no responsibility or liability is accepted for errors or for any views expressed herein by BudgIT or for actions taken as a result of information provided in this Report. Tracka Using Civic Advocacy to improve Service Delivery INTRODUCTION Tracka was established to address critical practices that impede social and economic development in Nigeria, specifically the lack of citizens’ inclusion in developmental projects, a somewhat increasing number of abandoned projects and the poor execution of the few projects implemented. The goal of this project is to open up public finances to the wider Nigerian populace, making them vanguards for service delivery and transparency. Tracka’s goal is to expand citizens’ understanding of the budget, particularly drawing their attention to contextual issues therein, which affect them. The end goal is motivating people to a level of awareness that results in articulate demands for information about government budgets and budget implementation within their neighbourhoods. The Tracka model has been scaled up from an initial 16 States to 20. We now monitor projects across Kogi, Ogun, Oyo, Kano, Edo, Delta, Sokoto, Kaduna, Niger, Gombe, Lagos, Ondo, Imo, Cross River, Ekiti, Osun, Kwara, Akwa Ibom, Kebbi, and Enugu. To increase impact and promote inclusive development of the States, especially within the rural communities, BudgIT engaged 22 more Project Tracking Officers (PTOs), to enhance the monitoring of implementation rates of all capital projects outlined in the federal budget. Our work is happening amid—and necessitated by—an environment where the level of citizen-government engagement is significantly low, due to the prior existing military system of government. A unique identifier of these autocratic regimes was the inherent ability to keep the populace in obscurity about data and acts of public governance. This culture is still inadvertently maintained in varying degrees, as most citizens have gotten used to decades of non-information, and exhibit fear over the repercussions of demanding information. Members of the Tracka team, in collaboration with BudgIT, have improved the existing Tracka platform; making it more user-friendly, interactive and appealing to neighbourhood community reporters across States and wider Internet users. The new features of the platform will allow community feedback via SMS, personal notifications on interesting projects, geo-tagging features for every project, as well as prompts that encourage users to contact authorities responsible for each project’s implementation and a chatroom, where active citizens can send pictures and discuss projects in real time. 2016 Constituency Projects report 01 Sokoto Kano Gombe Kebbi Kaduna NIGER Kwara OYO Ekiti Kogi Osun Ondo Edo Enugu LAGOS Cross- Imo River Delta Akwa Ibom Current States being tracked 2016 Constituency Projects Performance Summary 41 Location not Specified 350 343 Completed Not Done 852 Total No. of Projects Tracked 118 Ongoing Kebbi State Kebbi State 42 Projects Tracked In Zuru Ward, the borehole was constructed within“ the personal property of a serving Senator, automatically depriving“ citizens of the opportunity of accessing 30 12 0 0 potable water. Completed Not Done Ongoing Unspecified a. Complete renovation of Zuru Town t own ha ll reno vation within the budget. Hall, Kebbi State (Cost: N155m) Community members tagged this renovation a misplaced priority, saying there were other In August 2016, the Tracka team visited Zuru pressing needs, such as schools and Emirate, to monitor the renovation of the Zuru agricultural equipment, required to sustain Town Hall. PTOs engaged with the residents the youth in the community. and the Zuru Emirate Youth Association, providing relevant information on line items in b. Construction of a Primary Healthcare the budget which concerned the community. Centre (PHC) at Magarza Town, Kalgo Community members were encouraged to LGA, Kebbi State (Cost: N30m) ensure project delivery through active participation. The construction of a PHC at Magarza Town was one of significance to the community. This culminated in letters being written to the Prior to its inclusion as a constituency c o m m u n i t y ’ s N a t i o n a l A s s e m b l y project, PTOs were informed that residents representative, Senator Bala Na’Allah. In view had to travel across rivers to the neighbouring of demands by the now knowledgeable community of Kalgo, to access healthcare community members, renovation of the Zuru services. Residents were however unaware Town Hall commenced in December 2016, of the existence of the project, until they were and has since been completed. met with, and informed about it on August 2016 by the principal PTO. It is however important to note that the residents reported great sadness to the The PTO encouraged them to monitor the PTOs over the inclusion of N155mn for a implementation of the project by visiting the 2016 Constituency Projects report 01 project location and speaking with their Following engagement by the PTOs, each of “The community head reached representative, Hon. Abdullahi Farouk, to t h e Wa r d s w e r e a b l e t o p u r s u e out to Tracka in January 2017 ensure speedy delivery. communication with their representatives, to confirm that construction of which ensured that completion of the the clinic building had Going further, in September 2016, Tracka proposed motorised boreholes occurred in commenced. As at the time held a town hall meeting with residents of some Wards across Kebbi-South senatorial of this report, although the Magarza, again assisting them to write letters districts. PTOs were however informed on health centre is completed, it to their representative and the Ministry of June 2017, that the motorized borehole for the has still not been put to use, Health, to formalise enquiries on the status of Zuru community was actually constructed or been staffed” the project, as captured in the 2016 budget. within premises belonging to Senator Ibn Na’Allah Bala, thus preventing free access to The community head reached out to Tracka in the borehole by residents. January 2017 to confirm that construction of “Following engagement by the clinic building had commenced. As at the The community members reported their time of this report, although the health centre dissatisfaction over what they called the the PTOs, each of the Wards is completed, it has still not been put to use, conversion of public property into personal were able to pursue or been staffed. use, saying it deprived a large number of the communication with their residents of Zuru community access to representatives, which c. Provision of 71 motorised boreholes in pot able water supply . ensured that completion of the each of the 71 wards in Kebbi-South, proposed motorised boreholes Kebbi State (Cost: N710m) occurred in some Wards across Kebbi-South senatorial districts”. 2016 Constituency Projects report 01 MDA AGENCY PROJECT DETAILS AMOUNT (NGN) STATUS OBSERVATION The solar street light has been constructed in the township of ESTABLISHMENT OF Kangiwa. We STAND ALONE SOLAR confirmed on 10 solar POWERED STREET LIGHT, street light were SCIENCE NASENI KANGIWA, KEBBI STATE 12,000,000 completed sighted. ESTABLISHMENT OF STAND ALONE SOLAR This project has not POWERED STREET LIGHT, been implemented as SCIENCE NASENI ZURU, KEBBI STATE 12,000,000 Not started at the time of visit. YOUTH AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT SCHEME AT BIRNIN KEBBI/BUNZA FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY, No access to project TRADE SMEDAN KEBBI STATE 12,000,000 Not started site CONSTRUCTION OF 4 SOLAR MOTORIZED The construction of BOREHOLE AT SHIYAR the solar borehole has FADA BIRNIN KEBBI, been implemented in KARYO IN BIRNIN KEBBI, Illelar,Shiyar, Karyo ILLELAR,YARI BIRNIN except for the one in KEBBI, OWA-GWADE Owa- Gwade has not WATER MAIN MINISTRY BUNZA OF KEBBI STATE 48,000,000 completed been constructed.
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