Public services

The incumbent president of the largest economy in Africa won a second term in the 2019 Nigerian election on a platform of security, stronger economy, and anti-corruption.

Through Nigeria’s work with the Open Government Partnership, the government has an opportunity to meet some of these demands. Nigeria recently improved its citizen participation and accountability rating according to the Worldwide Governance Indicators, but there is room for much more progress. Governance reforms at the federal and state levels have been underway for two decades. Still, Nigeria has yet to improve on many areas measured by international governance benchmarks. The Open Budget Index ranks Nigeria in the bottom quartile of countries on fiscal transparency.

According to a 2018 Afrobarometer survey, more than half of Nigerians believed that elected officials were corrupt, and twothirds were dissatisfied with their democratic institutions. — blog.wb.org/blogs

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