Proactive Vigilance: How Citizens can hold their government accountable
Oludotun Babayemi
July 18, 2016
“Abeg, you cannot come and fix a programme that will start at 8 am on a Saturday morning, I will not be able to attend, please postpone it for another day or cancel it” responded Ijiwere to her colleagues, who wanted to visit another friend; “Let me tell you, If you want me to come for that ‘owambe’ party on Saturday, then you should let it start at 10 am” affirmed Giringori, to his friends who were planning an event for Saturday.
“Imagine, those my friend wanted to suggest 8 am as a time for that party, I totally disagreed, and told them Jigida will be aired on radio at that time, and that is the only way I can report the lack of water in Kagara” said Giringori to his elder brother – Ijiwere.
These are the kind of conversations that go on in Kagara community, with everyone looking forward to Jigida, a weekly, one – hour radio programme that allows for citizens to call – in and express their community needs, which afterwards are been documented and sent to the various local government chairmen, and State House of Representative for response and decisions to be made. That’s not all, the first 30 mins of the programme is dedicated to the Councillor of the community sharing with the community, how much and what they will be spending on in the week. This is what proactive vigilance is all about!
Although proactive vigilance or public participation in budgeting or government spending is relatively new, the evidence attesting to its impact on resource allocation and service delivery is growing. Many of the existing findings are based on the well-known Brazilian experience with participatory budgeting, established first in Porte Alegre in 1989, and now replicated in over 40 countries around the world. Nigeria, is not left out as well, as its government hopes to encourage citizen participation, with its recent commitment to joining the Open Government Partnership, a multilateral initiative that aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance.
You might be wondering, how many – landlord associations,vigilante groups, market women associations, community development associations, we have in rural communities. A lot of them! When are we going to start having “project vigilante” in rural communities, that will become voices of several communities, because by the time you wake up tomorrow morning, the news will be agog with “one billion dollars to be released to provide water in Kagara” only to go to Kagara after one year, you will find out that Kagara has no water source or a broken water source. Quite pathetic, and that’s is the way we are – the leaders and followers.
Nevertheless, I am excited that the Story Story writers at BBC Media Action are focusing on how citizens at the local government level, can be proactively vigilant on such issues of government spending in their communities, and I recently had some hours of session brainstorming with the crew, on how citizens can become vigilant themselves, I hope all will be reflected in their popular radio drama coming up sometimes in fall. Thanks to Nkem, our Reseach Lead on government finance, who took some notes on the highlights, and I have added them below:
Citizens can at every stage of this budget cycle engage their various government, but limited participation is expected during during formulation
- There is the local government or state government budget, a document that highlights government spending and revenue which can be for a financial year, or a multiyear.
- The Budget has its on cycle starting from formulation (when Ministry, Department, Agencies, put together their budget), to enactment (when the national or state legislative arm assent to the budget), to implementation (the stage at which contractors start executing projects in your communities), and lastly, the assessment stage (where everyone assesses the implementation of the budget, to provide feedback on how the next stage should look like)
- At every stage of the budget, citizens can make noise about their plight, and join in the conversation. They can form themselves as vigilante group or association, and always knock on the door of their local government officer or Councillor.
- They can forward a freedom of information request letter to the local government chairman to request for their budget immediately it passes the enactment stage, and even ask more question like who is the contractor, what is the work plan for the project, how much is the contractor getting, and when will the project be concluded. Here is an example of a freedom of information letter if you want to write one
- Government at the local government and state government level should starting providing platforms as well, for the assesement stage. E.g. using local radio programmes like Jigida, create a referendum mechanism for your local government area for people to have their say on projects proposed for next financial year. It should not be only during elections, that citizens see chairmen of local government or governors of states canvassing for votes.
- Like I always say, the budget is not only the means by which government declare their spending, in fact 50% – 60% of what’s on it might not be relevant. The other way is to always listen to the state news on your local radio, projects will be announced at all times, especially when they are project funded by other partners, such as the federal government or international donor agencies.
Ijiwere and Giringori have decided to do away with social gatherings, and focus on becoming a vigilante for community projects in Jigida, and if you are reading this, you should be towing same way, and you should share this piece. I look forward to the final drama series on this – If you have listened to Story Story, Voices from the Market program, then you should be more expectant. See you all in Kagara town, listening to Jigida on radio!
From left, Oludotun Babayemi, Nkem and the BBC Media Action Writers
Admiring the dedication you put into your site and detailed information you provide.
It’s good to come across a blog every once in a while that isn’t the same old rehashed information. Excellent read!
I’ve saved your site and I’m adding your RSS feeds
to my Google account.
Transferring dialogue coverage across domains with completely different speech-acts requires
studying the cross-domain speech-act mapping and slot mapping
from the coaching information. We conduct simulation experiments and gather
actual-world cross-area dialogue datasets to judge the proposed algorithm and the experimental
outcomes show that the proposed model can successfully transfer dialogue insurance policies across domains.
We model the cross-slot SIC packet restoration as a Markov process, and supply a throughput evaluation, primarily based on which the sum rate is maximized by jointly optimizing the transmission probability and the encoding price of users.
This proves that the temporal correlation among slots
is essential in our mannequin which might facilitate the alignment, as we
defined in the part of Introduction. 2018); studying state representations that make
it straightforward to predict the temporal distance between states, will probably ensure
that these representations capture time dependent options.
Now, each locksmiths and common shoppers should buy kits that may capture and clone an RFID code.
And whereas locksmiths weren’t allowed to copy RFID-geared up keys
at first, annoyance on the part of car homeowners who lost their
keys led to a loosening of the rule. Using hardware that grabs
radio frequency signals out of the air, and software that decrypts it,
thieves with time on their hands can steal an RFID-equipped automotive.
Way cool! Some very valid points! I appreciate you penning this write-up and also the rest of
the website is also really good.
It’s very easy to find out any topic on net as compared to textbooks, as I found this piece of writing at this web page.
If you would like to grow your experience just keep visiting this web page and be
updated with the hottest gossip posted here.
This post is really a nice one it assists new net people, who are wishing in favor of blogging.
Hey I know this is off topic but I was wondering if you knew of any widgets I could add
to my blog that automatically tweet my newest twitter updates.
I’ve been looking for a plug-in like this for quite some time and was
hoping maybe you would have some experience with something like this.
Please let me know if you run into anything. I truly enjoy reading your blog and I look forward to your new updates.
These are actually impressive ideas in on the
topic of blogging. You have touched some nice
things here. Any way keep up wrinting.
I’m truly enjoying the design and layout of your site.
It’s a very easy on the eyes which makes
it much more pleasant for me to come here and visit more often. Did you hire out a
designer to create your theme? Excellent work!
Hi, its pleasant paragraph about media print, we all be aware of media is a enormous source of information.
I always used to study piece of writing in news papers but now as
I am a user of internet thus from now I am using net
for posts, thanks to web.
Excellent way of explaining, and nice article to get
facts concerning my presentation focus, which
i am going to present in college.
Feel free to visit my web site: DramaID
If some one wishes to be updated with hottest technologies
after that he must be visit this site and be up to date every
day.
I know this if off topic but I’m looking into starting my own blog and
was wondering what all is required to get set up? I’m assuming
having a blog like yours would cost a pretty penny? I’m not very internet
savvy so I’m not 100% certain. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Forr latest news you have tto pay a visit world-wide-web and on internet
I found this web page ass a finest web site for most recent updates.
My web blog … 熟女A片 – Randal,
This design is incredible! You obviously know how to keep a reader amused.
Between your wit and your videos, I was almost moved
to start my own blog (well, almost…HaHa!) Fantastic
job. I really enjoyed what you had to say, and more than that, how you presented it.
Too cool!
I’m curious to find out what blog system you happen to be working with?
I’m experiencing some small security problems with my latest site and I’d like to
find something more safe. Do you have any suggestions?
Excellent article. Keep posting such kind of info on your site.
Im really impressed by it.
Hey there, You have done an incredible job. I will certainly digg it and in my view suggest to my friends.
I’m confident they will be benefited from this site.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I truly appreciate
your efforts and I am waiting for your further write ups thank
you once again.
Hi there colleagues, its fantastic paragraph concerning tutoringand completely explained,
keewp it up alll the time.
Look into my blog post; Get my Vision back
Your method of telling all in this paragraph is genuinely good, every
one be able to without difficulty be aware of it, Thanks a lot.
If some one wants to be updated with most up-to-date technologies therefore he must
be pay a visit this web page and be up to date everyday.
penis enlargement
Hello there! This blog post couldn’t be written any better!
Looking at this article reminds me of my previous roommate!
He continually kept preaching about this. I’ll forward this post to him.
Fairly certain he will have a good read.
Thanks for sharing!
Every weekend i used to pay a quick visit this website,
as i wish for enjoyment, for the reason that this this web page conations really pleasant funny data
too.
What’s Happening i am new to this, I stumbled upon this I’ve discovered It absolutely useful and it has aided me out loads.
I hope to give a contribution & aid different customers like its helped me.
Great job.
I love your blog.. very nice colors & theme. Did you make this website yourself or did you hire someone to
do it for you? Plz answer back as I’m looking to
construct my own blog and would like to find out where u got this from.
thank you
Ɗifferent Types of Buy CBD Oil Tincture in Fort Worth Hempp Oil Products –
Кnow Whɑt Arｅ Τhey
Hey There. I found your blog using msn. This
is a really well written article. I’ll be sure to bookmark it and come back to read more of your useful information. Thanks for the
post. I will certainly return.
This site was… how do you say it? Relevant!! Finally I have found something which helped me.
Cheers!
Baca Pasaran Harian
Dan yang terakhir yakni dengan membaca pasaran harian. Para pemain tidak diwajibkan untuk memasang taruhan pada
macam mesin yang disukainya. Walau kelihatan gampang, tapi mereka harus tahu seberapa banyak profit yang didapatkan pemain sebelumnya.
Bila tak terlalu besar, mereka berhak untuk memasang taruhan.
Sebab bonus besar akan senantiasa hadir secara berkala .
Dan mereka wajib mampu mengelola waktu bermain dan rehat agar tak ketinggalan peristiwa terbaik.
Dimana tentang ini merupakan poin penting bagi para
pegiat pemain mantan pejuang.
Thanks , I have just been searching for information approximately this topic for a while and yours
is the best I have discovered till now. However,
what in regards to the bottom line? Are you certain about the supply?
Hi, I do believe this is an excellent website. I stumbledupon it 😉 I will return yet again since i have saved as a favorite it.
Money and freedom is the greatest way to change, may
you be rich and continue to guide other people.
How To Mask The Taste Of CBD Oil: 10 Ways To Make It Taste Better CBD Cann Ᏼe
Uѕeful for Yоung Kids Ƭoo?
Just desire to say your article is as surprising.
The clarity on your submit is simply spectacular and that i could
think you are a professional on this subject. Fine along with your permission allow me to seize your
feed to keep updated with drawing close post. Thanks one million and
please continue the gratifying work.
I am genuinely thankful to the owner of this web page who has shared this great article at at this place.
ถ้าเกิดคุณกำลังมองหา บาคาร่าทดลองเล่น เว็บไซต์พนันออนไลน์ที่ได้มายี่ห้อฐาน ขอต้อนรับไปสู่อาณาจักรคาสิโนออนไลน์ที่ยอดเยี่ยมในประเทศไทยในช่วงเวลานี้กับ
บาคาร่า ที่เหมาะสมที่สุดในตอนนี้ จำเป็นต้องชูให้
Lucabet ป็นที่ที่ได้รับความนิยมของผู้เล่นในเดี๋ยวนี้ ที่มีบริการ เกมออนไลน์ มากยิ่งกว่า 1000+ เกมเล่นได้ 24 ชั่วโมง ทุกหนทุกแห่ง เพียงแต่มีโทรศัพท์มือถือเครื่องเดียว ก็สามารถ สร้างรายได้หรือทำกำไร ได้ไม่สิ้นสุด ผู้เล่นจะได้รับประสบการณ์ ที่ดีที่สุดเท่าที่เคยมีมา เพราะเหตุว่าทางเรามีการควบคุมหลังบ้าน แล้วก็พนักงานที่พร้อมชัพพอร์ตผู้เล่นตลอดระยะเวลา และก็เจอกับรางวัลโบนัส พร้อมโปรโมชั่นพิเศษ ตลอดเดือน ทำไมผู้เล่นถึงให้ความสนใจกับ บาคาร่า เหตุผลที่ บาคาร่า เป็นที่นิยมในตอนนนี้ เป็นเพราะว่ายุคเก่าหน้านี้ ทุกคนที่จะต้องเล่นการ คาสิโน จำเป็นจะต้องออกมาจากบ้านเพื่อไปเล่น ในสถานที่ใดที่หนึ่ง ซึ่งเสียค่าใช้จ่ายสำหรับเดินทางและก็เวลา สำหรับเพื่อการที่จะได้เล่นแต่ละครั้ง แม้กระนั้นในสมัยปัจจุบันผู้เล่นสามารถ ลงทะเบียนเป็นสมาชิก ผ่านเว็บไซต์ Lucabet ผู้เล่นก็สามารถ เล่นผ่านออนไลน์ ได้ที่บ้าน โดยไม่ต้องออกไปไหนเลย รวมทั้งสามารถเล่นได้ทุกหนทุกแห่ง ซึ่งเว็บไซต์ของเราได้มี บาคาร่า หลากหลายค่ายให้ผู้เล่นได้เลือกเล่นแบบจุใจ ทั้ง SA
Gamimg , Pretty Gaming , Sexy baccarat รวมทั้งอีกมากมายให้เลือกเล่น
ศูนย์รวมอาณาจักรพนันออนไลน์
แล้วก็ บาคาร่าออนไลน์ ที่ใหม่ที่พร้อมให้บริการเกมคาสิโนออนไลน์ ให้แก่ผู้เล่นทุกท่านด้วยเกมออนไลน์เยอะแยะกว่า 1000+ เกม
โดยผู้เล่นทุกท่านสามารถเลือกเล่นได้อย่างนานัปการ รวมไปถึงเกมสล็อตออนไลน์เหล่านี้สามารถสร้างความเบิกบานใจแล้วก็ความบรรเทาให้แก่ผู้เล่นทุกคนได้เป็นอย่างดี เพียงแค่ผู้เล่นทุกคนกระทำสมัครสมาชิกเพื่อเข้าสู่ระบบเล่นสล็อตออนไลน์ บาคาร่าออนไลน์ ไม่กี่ขั้นตอนก็สามารถร่วมเล่นพนันออนไลน์บนคลับคาสิโนออนไลน์ที่นี้ได้แล้ว เว็บเรามีบริการค่ายเกมชั้นนำ เยอะแยะ ยกตัวอย่างเช่น
Prettygaming , sa gaming , draem gaming , sexy gaming ,
Ebet , Allbet รวมทั้งค่ายสล็อต อีกมากมาย
It’s very straightforward to find out any matter on net as compared to
textbooks, as I found this paragraph at this web site.
Caan you tell us more aboutt this? I’d like tto find out more details.
Very soon this site will be famous among all blog people, due to it’s good posts
I do not even know how I ended up here, but I thought
this post was good. I don’t know who you are but definitely you’re going to a famous blogger if you
aren’t already 😉 Cheers!
Feel free to visit my page :: แทงหวยออนไลน์
I think this is among the such a lot significant information for me.
And i’m happy studying your article. But want to statement on some normal things, The web site taste is
perfect, the articles is in point of fact excellent : D. Good activity, cheers
I do not even know how I finished up right here, but I assumed this post used to be
good. I don’t understand who you might be however definitely you’re going to a well-known blogger
when you aren’t already. Cheers!
Hi there! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any trouble with hackers?
My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing many months of hard work due to no data backup.
Do you have any solutions to stop hackers?
Excellent way of describing, and fastidious paragraph to take data concerning
my presentation subject matter, which i am going to deliver in institution of higher education.
Do you have any video of that? I’d love to
find out some additional information.
Hi there! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any issues with hackers?
My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing a few months of hard work due to no backup.
Do you have any methods to prevent hackers?
That is really interesting, You’re an excessively skilled blogger.
I’ve joined your rss feed and sit up for seeking more of your magnificent post.
Also, I have shared your site in my social networks
If some one wants to be updated with most up-to-date technologies therefore he must be go to see this web
page and be up to date daily.
Check out my blog post … slot jackpot terbesar
I think this is among the most vital info for me. And i’m glad reading
your article. But want to remark on few general things, The website style is
wonderful, the articles is really excellent : D. Good job, cheers