2019 National Freedom Of Information Compliance Ranking Report For Nigeria
Austin Ekwujuru
Basic Rights Watch {BRW} is a Nigeria based non-governmental organization {NGO}, founded in 2016, whose mission is to use creative ideas and technology to simplify public information, use available data to empower marginalized groups and communities. We work to strengthen government institutions and local communities by creating enabling environment for citizens and government dialogue. BRW is committed to using monitoring and evaluation to create effective and sustainable programs that supports a community of active citizens to make effective use of public information in demanding accountability for institutional improvement and efficient services delivery. We are currently working in Nigeria.
Our focus is on promoting open financial government, through timely access to public information, transparency and accountability, advocacy, citizen engagement, governance and democracy, youth development, extreme poverty eradication, improving participatory budgetary processes and promoting human rights. BRW has mainstreamed and broaden conversations on open government across communities and public space, with an audience of more than 500,000 people. So far, BRW has been able to reach over 1,000,000 young Nigerians across 75 tertiary institutions and 20 local communities through digital and physical spaces.