Following #NGFloods: The Mantra is Aid (Fund) - Effectiveness.
HAMZY!!!
Dear Colleague,
As much as we all are in top gear to ensure enough awareness is raised and adequate measures are put in place ahead of the predicted flooding by Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET), It has become imperative to find the links between government spending after a disaster, and aid available for adaptation. Consequently, the Follow the Money Team has launched a tool to give citizens information about how aid and funds meant for flood victims have worked in their communities – Please visit http://followthemoneyng.org/floodvictims.html
Last year, after the floods, the federal government gave out 13.3 billion Naira [US$84 Million] for intervention to states affected, likewise 4.3 billion Naira [US$27 Million] to MDAs to manage the crisis. Moreover, about 2 billion Naira [US$ 12.8 Million] was gotten as aid from international development partners. Our concerns are how effective these funds or aid is? Does it reach the people it’s meant to? And does it work?
The Follow the Money Team believes when aid works, nothing works like it! Could any investment ever provide the kind of multiplying returns that follow the education of people within vulnerable communities? Teaching someone to fish, maybe. Government funds, and donor aid must get smart, it must be carefully targeted, good value and sustainable. It becomes smarter when people can see where the money goes, and see that it positively encourages development instead of fostering dependence.
“We need a transparency revolution, so citizens can see exactly where and how taxes, aid and revenues from extractive industries are spent. These are ends as well as means” – [UN Report on A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies through Sustainable Development, Page 9] We have already started the data revolution, perhaps you have comments, suggestions, or you want to join us and even support us, please shoot us an email via ha...@followthemoneyng.org and olud...@followthemoneyng.org We would be glad you did!
With Sincere Thanks & Best Wishes,
Hamzat & Oludotun
Hamzat B. Lawal
Co-Creator,
Follow the Money Team
Zamfara/Abuja, Nigeria
mobile: +2348068699956
http://www.followthemoneyng.org