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Nasarawa State spent 30 percent of its agricultural expenditure of N1.31 billion on capital items. Kwara and Kogi states spent less than 15 percent of their total agriculture expenditure on capital items. In Kwara State, only 14 percent of N622 million earmarked for expenditure went to capital items.
Transparency in budgeting and contracting mostly remains missing in state governments. Even more uphill is the task for civic organisations in partnering with these governments to help establish open portals. Incentivising governments to coerce fiscal accountability has proved effective, albeit on a small scale. But for most governments, lack of political will or ignorance on the importance of an open government has forestalled progress
