Ekiti tops fiscal transparency ranking with 100% success rate

By Rotimi Ojomoyela

Ado-Ekiti—Ekiti State has been recognised again arsenic the astir fiscally transparent authorities successful Nigeria with a cleanable 100% people crossed each fiscal transparency benchmarks.

The latest States Fiscal Transparency League (SFTL) Q2 2025 study by BudgIT, explained that the standing was based connected fund approval, quarterly BIR, 2023 audited fiscal statements, Accountant-General’s Reports, E-Procurement Portal, and State Website Data Accessibility, among others.

This was contained successful a connection signed and made disposable to journalists successful Ado-Ekiti by Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s Special Adviser connected Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun.

Olatunbosun described that evident consistency successful securing apical presumption crossed each fiscal transparency ranking arsenic a continued authentication of the Oyebanji administration’s committedness to transparency, accountability and liable governance.

He noted that the State not lone besides had a cleanable 100% people successful the Q1 of 2025 and ranked archetypal successful some Q2 and Q3 of 2024, thereby making it the lone authorities with specified accordant top-tier performance, arsenic a effect of Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s committedness to fiscal subject and unfastened governance.

Olatunbosun who emphasized that the dedication of the Oyebanji’s medication has brought astir singular alteration and improvement successful the State, assured that Government would proceed to beryllium transparent and accountable portion rapidly processing the State and making beingness much meaningful for the people.

His words, “The absorption is to impact individuals, groups, and different stakeholders, actively seeking feedback, addressing concerns, and making decisions that bespeak stakeholders’ 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.

“The contiguous medication is actively involving each members of society, particularly those from marginalized oregon underrepresented groups, successful decision-making processes and governance structures with accent connected the instauration of transparent, impartial, and accountable systems that let divers voices to participate, stock power, and lend to policies and actions that impact their lives, starring to much equitable, effective, and sustainable outcomes for everyone. It is your close to instrumentality vantage of the concern to amended your lot”.

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