The Jigawa state government in collaboration with the Exceptional Leadership and Integrity Promotion Initiative (ELIP) on Friday, concluded citizen’s engagement in preparation for the state’s 2025 budget and got over 5,000 inputs from the citizens.
ELIP is a civil society organisation working on financial management, community development and inclusion. Executive Director of ELIP, Isah Mustapha said the meeting targets one community-based organisation in each of the 287 political wards in the state. He stated that during the engagement, civil society organisations in the state made their inputs to the 2025 budget preparation for the state.
Mr Mustapha said that apart from the respondents from the town hall meeting, over 5,000 respondents filled Google forms, spotlighted their communities’ needs which they want the government to implement in the 2025 budget.
“This year, we conducted the town hall meeting at three senatorial zones selecting one community-based…