In Nigeria, public resources are being raised and spent unfairly and ineffectively, leaving millions of people-especially women— without access to the quality public goods and services they need to thrive.
Nigerias public resource governance system faces several challenges, including: inequitable and poorly governed domestic resource mobilization (particularly tax administration), under-resourcing of key social sectors (due to a low tax base, credibility gaps in how much is budgeted versus spent, and other challenges), corruption and patronage systems, and limited spaces for historically excluded communities, particularly women, to have a say and influence how public money is raised and spent.