By Joseph Erunke
Abuja—In a decisive push to entrench transparency and accountability in public spending, state governments throughout Nigeria will now be required to publish particulars of contract awards within the primary training and first healthcare sectors each quarter underneath a Federal Authorities-World Financial institution collaboration.
The initiative is being pushed by the World Financial institution–assisted Human Capital Alternatives for Prosperity and Fairness (HOPE-GOV), programme of the Federal Ministry of Finances and Financial Planning, which is partnering with states to make sure that contract award info was made public inside 30 days after the top of every quarter.
Nationwide Coordinator of the HOPE-GOV Programme, Dr. Assad Hassan, disclosed this throughout the first Implementation Help Assembly of 2026 with State Focal Individuals, held nearly in Abuja.
The assembly was convened forward of the programme’s First-Yr Verification by Impartial Verification Brokers, IVAs.
In line with him, the quarterly disclosures, obligatory for states taking part within the programme, should be revealed on official state authorities web sites to allow impartial verification and qualify states for the disbursement of incentive funds.
He defined that, at a minimal, revealed contract info should embody the challenge identify, awarding establishment, award date, identify of contractor and contract quantity.
“For ministries, departments and businesses, MDAs, with out e-procurement programs, the Impartial Verification Brokers will acquire schedules of all contracts awarded above the edge outlined by state procurement legal guidelines and ensure whether or not disclosures on official web sites adjust to the Open Contracting Information Commonplace, OCDS,” Dr. Hassan mentioned.
He added that for states with practical e-procurement platforms, the IVAs would confirm that on-line portals had been totally established to file and publish procurement knowledge throughout your complete procurement cycle, according to OCDS necessities.
Past contract transparency, the HOPE-GOV nationwide coordinator introduced that states should additionally publish their 2026 Residents’ Finances for Primary Schooling and Major Healthcare by February 28, 2026.
He outlined key parts to be verified within the residents’ funds, together with sources of income, grants and loans, whole expenditures by authorities features, and clearly identifiable allocations to primary training and first healthcare.
Different necessities embody funds frameworks, sectoral and ministerial breakdowns, lists of main capital initiatives and their geolocations.
Dr. Hassan disclosed additional that states had been mandated to publish monetary and efficiency audit stories on primary training and first healthcare submitted to their Homes of Meeting, as a part of efforts to strengthen public oversight.
In one other main reform thrust, he mentioned states had been anticipated to finish biometric seize and Financial institution Verification Quantity, BVN, linkage for at the least 80 per cent of primary training and first healthcare employees of their public service, a transfer geared toward flushing out ghost employees and sanitising payroll programs.
“States are at the moment being engaged to strengthen their institutional preparations to make sure diligent implementation of the HOPE-GOV programme and obtain most outcomes,” he famous.
The digital assembly drew participation from about 100 officers from throughout the 36 states of the federation, underscoring the nationwide scope of the reform drive.
The HOPE-GOV Programme is designed to enhance governance, effectivity and accountability in human capital investments, with training and well being positioned on the coronary heart of Nigeria’s improvement agenda.
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