2020 Annual Report: Empowering Communities in a Pandemic
2020 Annual Report: Empowering Communities in a Pandemic In 2020, with the global pandemic binding the world together, we saw our work come together in new ways, creating the springboard we...
Getting Children Back to Classroom: The ‘Follow The Money’ Success in Kaduna State
By Shakir Akorede It’s no more news—one in every five of the world’s out-of-school children is in Nigeria. If that is appalling, generally speaking, the case of the northern part of the...
A Year Later, Youths Are Still Tracking COVID Spending in Nigeria
‘Kevwe P. Oghide A growing group of young Nigerians are demanding that the government accounts for the $8.9 billion dollars donated by international agencies, corporate organisations and...
Ten Crucial Points From Adichie’s “We Should All Be Feminists” for Ending GBV
By Charles E. Uche Esq & Hyeladzira J. Mshelia In the view of Socrates, intellectualism allows that “one will do what is right or best just as soon as one truly understands what is right...
How COVID is affecting Education Financing in Nigeria
by Mukhtar Modibbo Halilu The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has not only revealed the poor state of infrastructure and facilities in the health sector of Nigeria but has also...
Engaging Communities to Advocate for Improved Services
Connected Development’s (CODE) Follow the Money initiative, with the support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, helped improve the delivery of $1.5 million of education...
Hamzat Lawal tops finalist for World Leading Sustainability Award in Sweden
Hamzat Lawal tops finalist for World Leading Sustainability Award in Sweden Anti-corruption activist and Founder of Follow The Money, Hamzat Lawal, has emerged a finalist in the Sweden WIN WIN...
NEWBIE: A CODED EXPERIENCE
By Taiba Habeeb The Chief Executive, my colleague, Mukhtar and I on a work trip. I remember being asked during my interview for the position of an Executive Assistant to the Chief...
Impact Assessment: Tracking N569M UBE Spending in Kaduna State
Impact Assessment: Tracking N569M UBE Spending in Kaduna State In an effort to address the increasing number of out-of-school children in Nigeria and poor citizen’s participation in...