Ekiti tops fiscal transparency ranking with 100% success

By Rotimi Ojomoyela

Ado-Ekiti—Ekiti State has, erstwhile again, been recognised arsenic the astir fiscally transparent authorities successful Nigeria, achieving a cleanable 100 per cent people crossed each fiscal transparency benchmarks.

The latest States Fiscal Transparency League (SFTL) Q2 2025 study by BudgIT said the standing was based connected fund approval, quarterly Budget Implementation Reports (BIR), 2023 audited fiscal statements, Accountant-General’s Reports, the E-Procurement Portal, and accessibility of information connected the state’s authoritative website, among others.

This was contained successful a connection issued successful Ado-Ekiti by Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s Special Adviser connected Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun.

Olatunbosun described Ekiti’s accordant apical ranking arsenic further impervious of the Oyebanji administration’s committedness to transparency, accountability, and liable governance.

He noted that Ekiti besides scored a cleanable 100% successful Q1 2025 and ranked archetypal successful some Q2 and Q3 of 2024, making it the lone authorities with specified sustained top-tier performance. This, helium said, was a effect of the governor’s committedness to fiscal subject and unfastened governance.

Olatunbosun stressed that the administration’s dedication had brought astir singular alteration and improvement successful the state, assuring that authorities would stay transparent and accountable portion moving to rapidly amended the prime of beingness for citizens.

His words: “The absorption is to impact individuals, groups, and different stakeholders—actively seeking feedback, addressing concerns, and making decisions that bespeak their interests. We volition proceed to support citizens informed, empowered, and engaged. Trust successful authorities starts with transparency, and this authorities volition ne'er suffer show of that.”

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