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For today’s Numbers 2 Ponder, we review fiscal discrepancies, gender inequality and the “Covidness” of it all. Despite many criticising MDAs for fund mismanagement, the government remains aloof, ignoring recommendations from the Auditor-General. And to date, these parastatals bled ₦6.5 trillion from Nigeria. On the note of discrepancies, former registrar for NECO, Abubakar Ghana rebuffed allegations of siphoning over ₦360 million.
Dataphyte Nigeria is planning a virtual data journalism training on the 20th of August 2020 for twenty journalists across print and broadcast media. This decision stems from Dataphyte’s vested interest in public sector accountability and good governance in Nigeria and her extractive sector.
For Today’s Numbers to Ponder, Nigeria could raise at least N2.5 trillion revenue by increasing consumer credit in the housing sector to help cushion the effect of COVID-19 crisis on the economy. Dataphyte analysis also estimated that this would provide shelter for about 20 million Nigerians that need decent homes. In Lagos, the state’s health commissioner, Prof Akin Abayomi, says confirmed coronavirus cases in the state may increase to 120,000 between July and August 2020. More funds on the COVID-19 support programme as the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation announced that pandemic dedicated accounts had climbed to N697 million as of April 30, 2020..
For Today’s Numbers to Ponder, 33 States out of 36 States in Nigeria may find it difficult to pay workers’ salaries from the end of May 2020 over dwindling oil revenue. Kaduna and Nasarawa have already announced a pay cut. The Federal Government is expecting another $319m (N121bn) Abacha loot from the UK and France, the US Embassy in Nigeria said. In another news, as COVID-19 wreaks havoc, the United Nations has launched a $7 billion Global Humanitarian Response to help and protect the most vulnerable people in no fewer than 60 of the world’s poorest countries. To continue the fight against Coronavirus, US President Donald Trump has approved 250 ventilators to Nigeria among other countries.
For Today’s Numbers to Ponder, 1.9 million people are displaced from their homes in the North-East. The figure reported by UNICEF, is another alarming figure, a day after NBS reported high numbers of poor people in the region. Away from Northeast, the country’s opposition party has challenged VP Yemi Osinbajo to defend himself in the alleged N5.8 billion NEMA scam. The Government is already looking for ways to weather a pandemic tsunami on the economy and may further review the crude oil price in the 2020 budget down to $20 per barrel. Another FG effort will start evacuating about 4,000 stranded citizens across the world as a result of COVID-19 from today.
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For Today’ Numbers to Ponder, the National Bureau of Statistics has reported over 80 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty. Another unfavourable report – Nigeria ranked 115 out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index. This signals Nigeria is not safe to practice accountability journalism.
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For Today’ Numbers to Ponder, Dataphyte’s prediction that in May, Nigeria would hit 1,885 Cases of the novel Coronavirus was right. That’s the power of data science to forecast. In another brief, Edo State claims to have screened 40,000 Screened, 2310 Violators were arrested during the lockdown. To give healthcare priority in post-Covid-19, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the state will increase the sector’s budget to 20 percent by 2021..
In January 2020, barely a few days to his wedding, a Nigerian journalist, Maxwell Nashan, was reportedly gagged and hacked to death. According to reports, he was firs abducted from his home. Why was he killed? Probably because he was doing his job. He worked with a government-owned radio state – the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) station.
For today’s Numbers to Ponder, A report on States’ Health Budget released by Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health at Scale (PACFaH@Scale (PAS) showed that the Nigerian Governments spent at least N2 billion on cash transfer to 148,176 beneficiaries in 22 states in April. In Lagos, Governor Sanwo-Olu has announced a 400 percent increment in the hazard allowance of health officers, while the controversial $9.6 billion P&ID fine resurfaced again with the Nigerian Government demanding records of 60 individuals and companies.
For today’s Numbers to Ponder, Nigeria emerged 97th position in global budget transparency survey, falling behind Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Experts told DATAPHYTE that the opacity in the budget process makes Nigeria lose out among the comity of nations. In the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, no Workers’ Day celebration for frontline health workers as 113 already contracted the COVID-19 virus.
