Follow The Money presentation during a workshop organized by OSIWA & CITIC Dakar for Activists/Social Entrepreneurs to share knowledge and experiences on their intervention on Civic Engagement, Good Governance using Open Data to foster transparency & accountability in the West African Region at Dakar, Senegal.

1. Improving Service Delivery in the
Education Sector in Nigeria
@4lowthemoney

3. What Happened / Would Happened to
these Funds?

4. Kogi

5. Nasarawa

6. Zamfara

7. Our Theory of Change for the Education Sector
• Local and Marginalized Communities
• Strengthened Civil Society Presence
• “Champion” Buy-in
• Service delivery processes are monitored using Online
and Offline strategies
• Stakeholders participation is increased
•Transparency is encouraged in the sector
Quality of Education & service delivery improved

8. Monitoring and Tracking Funds Meant for institutions in
Nasarawa & Zamfara
http://followthemoneyng.org/educationtracker.html

10. Develope and Strengthen Collaboration Amongst
Stakeholders
Teachers
NGOs (Local and Int’l)
CBOs
Media
School Staff
Management
Advocacy effort
Parent & Students
Policy Makers

11. Documenting Needs

12. Focus Group Discussion

13. Students Perspectives

14. Providing Immediate Response

15. Stakeholders report using mobile phones + email +
observation + feedback during physical meetings
Community outreach
Stakeholder meetings
Radio Programmers'
Mobile Reports
HOW!

16. Monthly Community outreach to distribute key sections of the
institution budget in English, Hausa scripts through bulk text
messages, and pamphlets
Monthly Training of Stakeholders on how to send report to our
SMS and web portal
Social Media Gathering within Nasarawa & Zamfara –
#EducationinZamfara Tweetathon, Google Hangout etc.
Facebook Hacks [Once/Month]
[once/month] Press Releases/Briefings/local Radio feature
Courtesy Advocacy Visits to: the Minister of Education,
Commissioner for Education in Zamfara, the State House of
Assemblies; and the Chairman, Senate Committee on Education
and the Emirate Council
Monthly feedbacks as reports [submitted to the National and
State House of Assembly], letters [to participants], blogs, bulletins
and minutes shared with stakeholders and the general public
ACTIVITIES

17. 80% of budget implemented in all education institutions
Empower stakeholders in holding policy makers accountable
using constructive data – creative tools
Improved Transparency and Accountability in Budget
Implementation in the Education Sector
Improved facilities and infrastructures in the schools
Strengthened key education management systems in target states
Policy decisions based on strategic information at state and local
levels
Improved capacity to develop and deliver education services to
at-risk populations
OBJECTIVES

18. OUTCOMES
Increased community, government and stakeholder’s
engagement
Information management and data for decision-making
generated during community outreach
Increased information amongst students, teachers, and
communities on funds meant for their institutions
Human resource development and management, including
training, monitoring, and supervision during stakeholders
meeting
Improved information for policy makers on exact needs of
institutions
Amplify the voices of affected schools on intervention

19. Thank you!
hamzy@followthemoneyng.org