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MASSIVE SUPPORT FOR NEW RIGASA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS AFAKA COMMITTEE SUBMITS 318,600 SIGNATURE PETITION   In a significant step towards the creation of a new Local Government Area, the Afaka Ward Technical Working Committee for the proposed Rigasa Local Government has formally handed over data contai...

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25/05/2025

Kaduna State Climate Governance: System Strengthening and Role of Non-State Actors

By Yusuf Goje

In 2024, Kaduna State was ranked 16th out of 36 states in Nigeria on the Climate Governance Performance Rating by the Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP). The evaluation was based on five key performance indicators: institutional and governance structure, climate policies and action plans, budgeting and financing, project implementation and monitoring, and online visibility.

Specifically, Kaduna ranked 15th in institutional arrangements and administrative structure, 25th in policy and action planning, 22nd in project implementation and monitoring, 11th in climate budgeting/finance, and notably 6th in online visibility. These scores were derived using a rigorous methodology involving structured questionnaires, collaborative partner consultations, and score-weighting based on responses verified between April and July 2024.

Despite its average ranking, Kaduna State is taking significant strides to improve its climate governance landscape. With support from development partners such as the Partnership for Agile Governance & Climate Engagement (PACE) and LAFIYA, the State is in the advanced stages of establishing a Directorate of Climate Change. It has also appointed and trained Local Government Climate Change Focal Persons—aptly named “Champions.”

Further, the State has developed a climate policy and introduced budget tagging for climate-related expenditures in the 2025 fiscal year. This development has empowered civil society organizations such as CALPED and Civic Impact for Sustainable Development to produce a simplified Citizens’ Climate Budget and monitor first-quarter budget performance.

Currently, there are ongoing advocacies and dialogues for renaming the supervising Ministry to reflect its climate mandate, establishing an inter-ministerial committee, deploying focal persons across all LGAs, enacting enabling climate legislation, and creating an accountability mechanism—including publishing a public registry of CSOs and NGOs online.

Central to these efforts is the need to clarify and strengthen the role of non-state actors. Climate change is inherently cross-sectoral, demanding a whole-of-society approach. The private sector must be actively engaged in financing and implementing mitigation and adaptation initiatives.

The civil society has a critical role to play in strengthening climate governance by promoting public awareness, evidence-based, simplifying and tracking climate budgets, fostering accountability through independent and result-based monitoring and reporting, facilitating government-community dialogue, and driving locally led adaptation projects that engage youth, women, and marginalized groups.

For Kaduna State to checkmate climate change and rise further in national climate performance rankings, it must institutionalize inclusive governance mechanisms that recognize and leverage the contributions of non-state actors. Only through such a collaborative approach can the State achieve sustainable climate resilience and equitable development.

Goje is an active citizen, civil society member and OGP enthusiast.

18/05/2025

Happening tomorrow..The history of the evolution of man and society is simply and squarely that of strategic partnership and coalition building - no more no less.. This truth is the same in the present and future. Nothing significant can be achieved without collaboration, including influencing public policies for the benefit of the vulnerable in our society.

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18/05/2025

Kaduna State: Tracking Climate Change-related 2025 Capital Budget Expenditures

By Yusuf Goje

The Kaduna State government introduced climate budget tagging in its 2025 budget. A total of N113.33 billion (14.3% of the State's total budget) was allocated to climate change related expenditure. Out of which, climate change mitigation got N59.86 billion and N53.47 billion going to adaptation.

The Civic Impact For Sustainable Development Foundation and CALPED recently conducted an analysis of the 2025 first quarter budget performance with focus on climate change-related capital expenditure by project - excluding recurrent expenditure.

The first quarter analysis covered 12 sub-sectors (MDAs), 106 climate change related projects, amounting to N110.3 billion. Out of this, only 3 sub-sectors got releases, amounting to N8.1 billion - with mitigation and adaptation getting N1.3 billion and N6.8 billion respectively - an under-performance of 7.32%.

The breakdown reveals that the Ministry of Health sub-sector with allocation of N404.4 million, Ministry of Education with N359.5 million, Ministry of Housing & Urban Development with N395.5 million, Ministry of Justice with N13.7 million, and Ministry of Human Services & Social Development with N89.6 million - all got zero climate change-related capital budget releases in the first quarter.

Others with zero change-related capital budget releases are the Ministry for Local Government Affairs (RUWASSA) sub-sector with N541.4 million, Kaduna State Legislature with N3.8 billion, Kaduna State Media Corporation with N45.0 million, and Ministry of Business, Innovation & Technology with N167.1 million.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Public Works & Infrastructure sub-sector got an allocation of N39.3 billion with releases of N3.7 billion (9.34% of budgeted amount), with mitigation getting releases of N818.8 million and adaptation getting N2.7 billion.

While the Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources got N5.3 billion with N1.8 billion (34.42% of budgeted amount) released, with mitigation and adaptation getting releases of N377.1 million and N1.5 billion respectively.

Lastly, the Ministry of Agriculture sub-sector also got an allocation of N59.8 billion with releases of N2.6 billion (4.29% of budgeted amount), with mitigation getting releases of N80.8 million and 2.5 billion going to adaptation.

This reveals that only the Ministry of Environment & Natural Resources out of the 12 sub-sectors analyzed had an impressive performance in terms of releases in the first quarter.

Therefore, this is a clarion call to action on the State government to prioritize cash-backed releases and value for money in climate change-related capital expenditure in the remaining quarters of 2025.

It is no longer sufficient and worthy of celebration to have policy frameworks, carry-out restructuring and reforms, and make exciting policy pronouncements. As this will only amount to isomorphic mimicry without timely, adequate and effective utilization of cash-backed releases.

Goje is an active citizen, a civil society member and OGP enthusiast

14/05/2025

It is exciting to see Kaduna State lead other States in migrating the Local Government financial management system to comply with the National Charts of Account (NCoA).

Want to know about its implications for budget transparency and citizens' engagement?

Then join this week's edition of Civic Space Meet-Up organized Civic Impact For Sustainable Development Foundation.

Topic:
KADUNA STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS' ADOPTION OF BUDGET CLASSIFICATION & CHART OF ACCOUNTs

Guest Facilitator:
Mr Yusuf Ishaku Goje

Host:
Waniya Ilu, Head of Participatory Governance And Sustainable Development

Meeting Details:
Date:Friday, 16th May 2025
Time: 10am
Venue: Google Meet

Registration:
https://forms.gle/KybHmq1tXx7Sacdy8

13/05/2025

AFAKA COMMUNITY: MODEL BASIC SCHOOL SABON AFAKA AND LGEA KUTINGARE TO BENEFIT FROM NEW ROOSC PROJECTS

Parents and guardians of Model Basic School Sabon Afaka (formerly Model Primary School) and LGEA Primary School Kutingare are celebrating the announcement of new development projects in their schools. The exciting news was made public following a visit by the Reaching Out of School Children (ROOSC) team on 13th May 2025.

The ROOSC initiative is a strategic intervention aimed at increasing access to quality education, improving enrollment rates, and ensuring inclusive participation, especially for children with disabilities, girls, and adolescents. The project is supported by partners including the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), Global Partnership for Education (GPE), Education Above All (EAA), Save the Children International (SCI), and UNICEF.

During a brief meeting with the management of both schools and representatives from the Afaka Stakeholders and Afaka Youths Assembly, ROOSC consultants and project coordinators presented plans for the new infrastructure. For Model Basic School Sabon Afaka, the project includes the construction of two one-story buildings, each comprising six classrooms. For LGEA Kutingare, a comprehensive junior secondary school is set to be built.

The ROOSC team announced that the project will officially commence in August 2025, with Model Basic School Sabon Afaka selected as the pilot site for this year’s activities. This marks the third major educational development in Afaka in 2025, following the AGILE-led renovation of three blocks of six classrooms and an ongoing full-school renovation project by NUBEC/KADSUBEB.

The combined efforts of the Afaka Stakeholders, Afaka Youth Assembly, and other community-based organizations are steadily transforming the educational landscape in Afaka Ward. 2025 is proving to be a year of unprecedented progress and blessings for the community.

On behalf of all Afaka community stakeholders, we extend heartfelt gratitude to Governor Senator Uba Sani for his bold educational reforms. We also appreciate the support of AGILE, Universal Basic Education, and particularly the Reaching Out Of School Children (ROOSC) initiative for prioritizing our community in these impactful projects.

Long Live Afaka Ward
Long Live Igabi Local Government
Long Live Kaduna State
Long Live AGILE, NUBEC/KADSUBEB, and ROOSC
Long Live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Ismail Yahaya Garkuwan Afaka