Podcasts about budgit

In this episode of the Mic on Podcast, Seun Okinbaloye sits with Seun Onigbinde, Co-founder budgit, to dissect the deepening crisis surrounding Nigeria's 2024 national budget, following allegations of over N3 trillion in padded allocations. Onigbinde speaks on the suspicious inclusion of 7,447 constituency projects in the National Assembly's Appropriation Act, raising concerns about the misuse of public funds. The conversation explores the defense of whistleblower Senator Abdul Ningi and the urgent call for fiscal reforms. Onigbinde also highlights shocking cases of irrational project allocations, such as N53 billion directed toward irrelevant agencies, underscoring the need for President Bola Tinubu to push for greater accountability and transparency in governance. Guest(s): Seun Onigbinde (Co-founder, BudgIT)

In this episode of the Mic on Podcast, the anchor, Seun Okinbaloye gets answers from Mr. Seun Onigbinde, the co-founder of BudgIT. Mr Onigbinde shares his thoughts on Nigeria's economic landscape, the fluctuating state of the Naira, and the 2024 national budget. He also provides some perspectives to the twists and turns of the Senator Ningi Saga vis-a-vis the issues of transparency in the National Assembly. The podcast also explores the lessons learned from the EndSARS protest and whether the youths are ready to take charge of the nation's political space in 2027. Guest(s): Seun Onigbinde (Co-founder, BudgIT)

Review BudgIT State of State Report and the great job Tracka is doing in the public accoutabality space

On this exciting episode of Mic On Podcast, the anchor, Seun Okinbaloye gets answers on questions surrounding President Tinubu's decisions so far. This episode also examines the political trajectory on whether the nation is currently progressing or regressing, following the various happenings on policies and ministerial portfolios. Guest: Mercy Abang (Journalist / Social Commentator) Inibehe Effiong (Right Activist / Lawyer) Seun Onigbinde (Economic Expert / Co-founder, BudgIT)

On this episode of the Mic On Podcast, we examine the effectiveness and impact of President Bola Tinubu's N8,000 Monthly Palliative Plan for 12 million households in the aftermath of fuel subsidy removal. The guests and contributors also delve into the reality faced by the poor, highlighting the economic implication and potential shortcomings of this initiative. GUESTS Omoyele SOWORE 2023 AAC Presidential Candidate Seun ONIGBINDE Economic Analyst / Co-Founder, BudgIT

I spoke with Joseph Agunbiade, Co-founder of BudgIT and founder of Univelcity. Joseph explains his love for physics and how it has influenced his life. He also shared key insights on how he has built a successful career (even if he doesn't regard himself as successful). Finally, Joseph capped our conversation with some amazing book recommendations that you should definitely take a look at. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-grinders-table/message

Here's today's Big Hard Fact: According to BudgIT, the 2021 Federal Budget has 316 duplicated projects worth N39.5Bn. How Transparent, Efficient, & Viable Is The 2021 Budget? #NigeriainfoHF | @SEzekwesili

On Thursday 31st of December 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2021 Appropriation Bill into law. The Appropriation Act calls for N13.08 trillion in expenditure and N7.89 trillion in revenue. Meaning that we plan to spend more than we will make. In this episode we speak with Tolutope Agunloye from BudgIT, Mukthar Modibbo from CODE, and Dr. MK Dikwa, former permanent secretary Federal Ministry of Finance. In addition to holding government accountable for proper spending, we should be them (and ourselves) accountable for revenue generation. This episode was produced by Richard Anyebe, Dominic Tabakaji, Sam Tabakaji, and Nico Rivers. Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad. Special thanks to Tolutope Agunloye at BudgIT, Mukthar Modibbo at CODE, Dr. MK Dikwa former permanent secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Alexandra Gekpe, John Iwodi, Anthonieta Kalunta, Rabia Hadejia, Stanley Bentu, Aredi Isha and Mala Iwa Gbado Ikaleku. Copyright (c) 2021 Triple-E Media Productions. All rights reserved. ——————————————— ▶︎Follow us @234Audio on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter ▶︎Subscribe to our 234Audio YouTube channel ——————————————— We welcome feedback. Reach out to us via WhatsApp at +234 818 230 1234 or send us e-mail at info@234audio.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebackstoryng/support

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, Nigeria's national carrier project, Nigeria Air is "back", BudgIT co-founder Seun Onigbinde gets government appointment and then quits, exodus of startups from Akure. Listen in every Tuesday and Friday morning. You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn or anywhere else you get your podcasts. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

Today on the Techpoint Africa Podcast, Nigeria's national carrier project, Nigeria Air is "back", BudgIT co-founder Seun Onigbinde gets government appointment and then quits, exodus of startups from Akure. Listen in every Tuesday and Friday morning. You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn or anywhere else you get your podcasts. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

Big data is unlocking Africa’s complex problems. Olúseun Onígbińdé (BudgIT), Ariel Ben Yishay (AidData), and Hilary Matfess (Yale) share how data helps hold leaders to account, track foreign spending, and assess security threats. With Judd Devermont (CSIS) moderating, the panel also checks in on Nigeria ahead of its presidential election and on the rising insurgent threat in Mozambique.

Seun Onigbinde is the co-founder of BudgIT, a non-governmental organization that helps citizens access and understand public budgets.   BudgIT  breaks down the national budget in simplistic charts, and track contracts and projects the government are working on.   This is a classic case of doing good with tech.   In 2012, he was awarded the Future Awards prize for Science and Tech Innovation. In 2014, the Omidyar Network invested $400,000 in BudgIT, In January 2017, BudgIT raised an additional $3 million grant from Omidyar Network and Gates Foundation. Seun is an ex-banker whose goal was to become the CEO. Along the line his goals changed after coming second in a hackathon organised by CCHUB.   In this episode, you'll learn: How Seun got the idea for BudgIT while working for Firstbank Seun's initial dream was to become the CEO of a bank. Why did that dream change? What is the spirit of timing? Seun referred to it as a crucial factor in the success of Budgit How do you determine the right time to launch your product/startup? After the hackathon where BudgIT was born, Seun forgot about the idea. Why did he go back to it? Seun was reluctant to leave his paid employment to run BudgIT full time. But he eventually did? What was the deciding factor? What can you learn from this challenge he had? Why every Nigerian should be involved in governance? The importance of believing in Nigerian youths Seun said technology gave BudgIT  a big jump. What did he mean by this? Seun's first startup failed. Why did it fail? The importance of hackathons and how you can take advantage of them That Seun is interested in politics and looks to going in at some point And more Selected links from this episode     Selected book from this episode  

Stanley Bentu spoke to budgiT, a civic organization that applies technology to intersect citizen engagement with institutional improvement, to facilitate societal change.