NDDC BUDGET Assembly report (pdf 385KB)

Senate Thursday July 29, 2010 passed  Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) budget proposal estimate of N240, 583,763,503.00billion after it was rejected
on Wednesday  for lack of  detailed analysis of the budget profile which was blamed on the late arrival of the budget to National Assembly.

A new report by the Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform (NDCBP) contains findings of analyses and monitoring of the implementation of the annual budgets of the governments of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers State in 2009. The report examines the sustainability of the budgeting process and the level of prioritisation of the health and education sectors by state and local government administrations. Appropriated projects were randomly selected for monitoring.

The Communities and Civil Society Consultation Meeting on the Petroleum Industry Bill held on 25 and 26 November 2009 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The meeting was organised by Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action) in collaboration with the Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) and the Bayelsa NGO Forum (BANGOF). This report lays out the presentations, discussions and conclusions. Download the report

This independent report by the Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform (NDCBP) is based on summaries of analysis and monitoring reports of the 2008 state and local government budgets in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers State. The report documents, from the perspective of citizens, how state and local government budgets have been formulated and implemented. It identifies the causes, processes and outcomes of the corruption and mismanagement of public funds in the states and local government areas of the Niger Delta.