OUR FOCUS

Fiscal Transparency

For economic growth & development, it is critical for Nigeria to entrench fiscal transparency and accountability. This entails the reporting of comprehensive, unambiguous and timely information...

Public officers are mandated to comply with various codes of ethics in government business. They are expected to display efficiency, honesty, integrity, transparency and impartiality when in all matters...

Access to Information

Democracies are strengthened when governments provide access to information to the public. Ministries, Departments & Agencies are obliged to publish certain information about their activities...

Anti-Corruption

Nigeria has been battling public sector corruption, money laundering, illicit financial flows, and various types of fraud for some decades. Despite the current legal and institutional measures...

OUR PROJECTS

Transparency and Integrity Index

The Transparency and Integrity Index is a pioneer initiative by CeFTIW towards enhancing good governance within the public sector by ...

Strengthening the Anti-Corruption Environment in Nigeria (SACEN)

Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch, in collaboration with the Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee (ACJMC), organized a ...

PEP Database

The database hosts openly-sourced information related to politically exposed persons and other information pertaining to Nigerians that may support organizations… ...

Security Chronicles

Security Chronicles is a journal about collating ideas around security in Nigeria and beyond.… Visit Website

Crime Tracker

Crime Tracker is an application that tracks criminal cases prosecuted by the various law enforcement agencies in the country… View ...

Asset Recovery Database

Asset Recovery Database is to provide timely access on all recovered asset within and outside Nigeria. View Database

CASPER

The database hosts openly-sourced information related to past criminal activity, politically exposed persons, records of convictions, court sentencing and other ...

LATEST NEWS

Press release: CeFTIW Commends Expedite Assent to Anti-Corruption Bills, Demands Swift Enforcement

13th May, 2022 The Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch (CeFTIW) commends President Muhammadu Buhari over the expedite assent to three anti-corruption bills passed…

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Addressing Lingering Cases of Corruption in Constituency Projects

Last week, the Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) released its Constituency and Executive Projects Tracking Group (CEPTG) report. This week, our…

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Road to 2023: Interrogating Electoral Financing

In 2015, the electoral umpire spent N108.8B; N189B in 2019; and the Commission’s Election Project Plan (EPP) document for the 2023 stipulates the sum of…

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Moneybags Politics and Nigeria’s ‘Rule of Money’ Democracy

By Victor Agi When Nigeria transited to democracy and embraced the presidential system of government in 1999, it marked the transfer of sovereignty from authoritarian…

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Press release: CeFTIW Commends Reps on the Passage of Anti-Corruption, Terrorism Prohibition & Prevention Bills, Calls for Expedite Assent

On the 4th of May, 2022, the House of Representatives reconvened to pass a Bill for an Act to Repeal the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2011…

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Constituency Projects, another Conduit Pipe for Grand Corruption?

By Victor Agi When Nigerians see a contract signpost around their constituencies with the following inscription: “this project is sponsored by Senator A or Honourable…

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Beware of Popular Social Media “Santa Claus” Before your Next Investment

December 2016 was a tipping point in Ponzi investment in Nigeria with the crash of the popular Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox, otherwise known as MMM. Several…

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Press release: Missing Financial Records on Treasury Portal Disturbing

Recently, the Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch (CeFTIW) launched the Transparency and Integrity Index (TII) Methodology Handbook. The TII represents the Center’s response…

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CeFTIW Engagement: CBN, Commercial Banks’ Complicity Aiding Money Laundering – Bello

Currently estimated at 2-5 percent of global Gross Domestic Product or $800 million - $2 trillion yearly according to the United Nations Office on Drugs…

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CeFTIW Weekly Engagement: “Culture Will Always Defeat Strategy”, Sowunmi Posits, Decries Activities of Oil Thieves, Vandals

Responding to recent report by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) which disclosed that the nation has lost $3.27 billion (about N1.36 trillion at…

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