5th Special Report - DFID's programme in Nigeria: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2016–17

This is the government's response, published 13 October 2016.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government states that it agrees with the principles behind all of the Committee's recommendations and, in the majority of cases, fully agrees with the practical next steps.

• On democratic processes, it agrees and says "We intend to extend DDiN2 until 2021 to ensure full election cycle support", and that it will review the lessons from Burma.
• On state-level accountability, it "Partially Agree[s]": it agrees with publishing state-level data as part of peer review but recognises "there may be political challenges with the groups who will have to consent".
• On the Committee's call to scale up the neglected tropical diseases programme, it partially agrees. The programme is scheduled to end in 2017 and the government says it is "reviewing whether to continue support".
• On the Girls Education Project, it says the 2017 annual review "will be the assessment point for performance of the redesigned programme", and that the 2016 annual review will be published in October 2016.

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