Open Government Partnership Nigeria
Open Government Partnership Nigeria
Creating and implementing equal partnerships between government and civil society organizations.
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a multi-lateral and multi-stakeholder initiative that seeks to create collaboration between government and civil society. OGP is a broad partnership that includes members at the national and local level and thousands of civil society organizations working together to create and implement reforms aimed at improving public service delivery and governance in general.
Nigeria joined the initiative in 2016 and has been working to implement reform commitments in relevant thematic areas. Each member country co-creates (equal partnership between government and civil society organizations) its National Action Plan (NAP) with ambitious reform commitments. Nigeria co-created its first, second and third NAPs in 2016, 2019 and 2022 respectively. Nigeria concluded implementation of the third action plan (NAP III) in early 2025 and has collated early results. The country also commenced the co-creation of NAP IV in March 2025. So far, the NAPs have been developed along the following thematic interests: Fiscal Transparency, Extractive Transparency, Access to Information, Governance, Anti-Corruption and Asset Recovery, Citizens’ Engagement and Participation, Improved Service Delivery, Inclusion, Climate Change and Environment.
The Open Government Partnership Nigeria is growing with more actors (both on the national and sub-national scene) joining the initiative. Since 2016, 27 States and 5 Local Government Areas (AMAC – FCT, Gwagwalada – FCT, Kwali – FCT, Anambra East – Anambra State, and Abaji – FCT) have signed up to the initiative. Nigeria has successfully instituted key reforms from the implementation of the NAP I (2017 – 2019), NAP II (2019 – 2022), and NAP III (2023-2025). Among them are:
i. The Beneficial Ownership Portal for Extractive Industries.
ii. Increased Compliance with the Freedom of Information Act
iii. The Beneficial Ownership Register of Corporate Companies.
iv. The Petroleum Industry Act
v. Increased Civic Space
vi. Increased Citizens’ Participation in the Budget Cycle
vii. Increased openness in the Budget process (National and States)
viii. The Nigeria Open Contracting Portal (NOCOPO); among other open governance reforms.
OUR CORE VALUES
Honourable Minister of Youth Development, State Actors Co-Chair
Executive Director, The Meluibe Empowerment Foundation.
Co-Chair (Non-State Actors)
OGP National Coordinator, Director, Special Duties (FMBEP)
Honourable Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Incoming State Actors Co-Chair
Co-Founder and CEO Convention on Business Integrity (CBi),
Incoming Non-State Actors Co-Chair
