SEDAG

03/19/2025

We are thrilled to receive a quick response from ENUGU STATE SME Agency on our request to get the data of the beneficiaries of 4.6 billion naira Agricultural and MSMEs grant, by the Enugu State government on August as part of the government commitment to ensuring food security, agro-industrialisation, and the development of micro, Small, and Meduim Enterprises (MSMEs) in Enugu state.

Recall that on the 8th day of August the Enugu state governor, HE Peter Ndubuisi Mbah at Okpara square flagged off the distribution of N4.6 billion naira worth of agricultural inputs and MSMEs grants to farmers, communities, and IT startups.

capturing the beneficiaries of these grants, the state government announced that she will significantly invest 1 billion naira in MSMEs, with 80% of the grants dedicated to women-owned enterprises, the government pointed out that 60,000 naira will be disbursed to over 16,000 beneficiaries of nano-enterprises. and 400,000 naira to 187 beneficiaries, and 7 million naira each to 10 tech startups, also the government offered operational grants for solar equipment to 256 beneficiaries, then equipped 269 recipients with laptops, POS terminals, and other essential tools.

our organization SEDAG had shown interest to evaluate and carry out a survey to assess the impact of the 4.6 billion naira grants to the beneficiaries, ascertaining the success and challenges faced by the beneficiaries.

The response of Enugu State SME center will be contain in our official report as we gather other data from the rest implementing agencies and ministries.

03/09/2025

The Supreme Court judgement delivered on 11th July 2024 grant financial autonomy to local government in Nigeria.

This means that FAAC allocation will now be sent by the federal government direct to the local government account, rather than the previous arrangement where by the state government are given the money and they share to the local government, allegedly deducting some percentage.

The issue of local government financial autonomy has long been a national issue and debate.
Many government administration has come and gone with a promise to grant local government financial autonomy but none of the past presidents has done that.

But President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, (T-pain) summoned the courage not minding the fight back he may get from the governors.

Local government chairmen should by this efforts of the President be able to initiate well meaning projects in their communities, rather than the usual grading of roads the previous council chairmen are known for, with excuses they received very little from the governor.

Any local government chairman who have no tangible projects, like construction of schools and equipment, procurement of basic healthcare materials for primary health centres, provision of pipe borne waters, meaningful agricultural empowerment, youth and women empower, amounts to sabotage of the efforts of the president to ensure leadership gets to the grassroots.

So therefore, what project or projects have you seen in your village or villages and is it a local government initiated project or projects?

Oya look at the allocations received by the local government chairmen and compel with the quality of the work be done in your community by the local government chairman.

Let’s together promote good governance, accountability and transparency for a developed community.
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03/08/2025

In our continued commitment in pursuing accountability, transparency and good goverance, we also have written to ministry of innovation, science and technology and SME center Enugu, requesting for the data of the real beneficiaries of the N4.6 billion grants disbursed by the Enugu state government to both farmers and IT startups in the state on August 2024.

The motives of our group is to conduct a survey to assess the impact and challenges faced by the beneficiaries in tech startups and in small and medium scale enterprise.

SEDAG holds the current administration at a very high esteem and great regards for the government following her giant strides and good intentions towards achieving a robust economy.

SEDAG maintains that government injecting 4.6 billion last year to boost the agricultural and the tech/IT sector is enough to ensure food security, price stability and technological advancement.

It will be a great disservice to the state and economic sabotage from the part of the beneficiaries if the money are not put to good use and for the purpose for which the government release the fund.

To this end SEDAG a civil society organization with the sole aim of promoting Good Governance, Accountability and transparency in fiscal expenditures, expresses interest in conducting a follow-up survey in the August 2024 N4.6 billion naira agricultural and MSMEs support and grants by the Enugu state Government.

As a group we seek for the support of the general public and the cooperation of the state government to enable us conduct a successful survey and recommendations for policy formation for future purposes.

Our findings will be made public to medias and organizations from time to time, as we receive the data from the implementing ministries and government agencies.

03/08/2025

03/08/2025

03/08/2025

In our continued commitment in pursuing accountability, transparency and good goverance, we also have written to ministry of innovation, science and technology and SME center Enugu, requesting for the data of the real beneficiaries of the N4.6 billion grants disbursed by the Enugu state government to both farmers and IT startups in the state on August 2024.

The motives of our group is to conduct a survey to assess the impact and challenges faced by the beneficiaries in tech startups and in small and medium scale enterprise.

SEDAG holds the current administration at a very high esteem and great regards for the government following her giant strides and good intentions towards achieving a robust economy.

SEDAG maintains that government injecting 4.6 billion last year to boost the agricultural and the tech/IT sector is enough to ensure food security, price stability and technological advancement.

It will be a great disservice to the state and economic sabotage from the part of the beneficiaries if the money are not put to good use and for the purpose for which the government release the fund.

To this end SEDAG a civil society organization with the sole aim of promoting Good Governance, Accountability and transparency in fiscal expenditures, expresses interest in conducting a follow-up survey in the August 2024 N4.6 billion naira agricultural and MSMEs support and grants by the Enugu state Government.

As a group we seek for the support of the general public and the cooperation of the state government to enable us conduct a successful survey and recommendations for policy formation for future purposes.

Our findings will be made public to medias and organizations from time to time, as we receive the data from the implementing ministries and government agencies.

Peter Ndubuisi Mbah
SEDAG
Comr Onyebuchi Mbah
Bende Analyst Newspaper

03/08/2025

03/07/2025

SEDAG: MOVES TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE PROGRESS OF THE 2024, 4.6 BILLION NAIRA GRANTS TO FARMERS, MSMEs, COMMUNITIES AND IT STARTUPS IN ENUGU STATE.

On August 8, 2024, at Okpara Square Enugu, the state government announced that she flagged off the distribution of 4.6 billion naira worth of agricultural inputs and MSMEs grants to both the farmers and IT startups in the 17 local government areas of the state.

SEDAG a Socio - Economic Development and Accountable Governance, in a letter to the Enugu State Commissioner of Agriculture and signed by Comrade Onyebuchi Mbah, stated that by the gesture of the state government that it would be expected that after six months of injecting 4.6 billion naira in the agricultural and MSMEs sectors that there will be an increase in food production and price stability especially in rice, beans and cassava production.

To this end our organization, SEDAG takes a special interest to assess the impact and challenges faced by the beneficiaries in the use of the grants and farm inputs.

The findings and appraisal will be made available in the public domain from time to time as we engage with the real beneficiaries.

02/27/2025

SEDAG: MOVES TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE PROGRESS OF THE 2024, 4.6 BILLION NAIRA GRANTS TO FARMERS, MSMEs, COMMUNITIES AND IT STARTUPS IN ENUGU STATE.

On August 8, 2024, at Okpara Square Enugu, the state government announced that she flagged off the distribution of 4.6 billion naira worth of agricultural inputs and MSMEs grants to both the farmers and IT startups in the 17 local government areas of the state.

SEDAG a Socio - Economic Development and Accountable Governance, in a letter to the Enugu State Commissioner of Agriculture and signed by Comrade Onyebuchi Mbah, stated that by the gesture of the state government that it would be expected that after six months of injecting 4.6 billion naira in the agricultural and MSMEs sectors that there will be an increase in food production and price stability especially in rice, beans and cassava production.

To this end our organization, SEDAG takes a special interest to assess the impact and challenges faced by the beneficiaries in the use of the grants and farm inputs.

The findings and appraisal will be made available in the public domain from time to time as we engage with the real beneficiaries.

08/20/2024

FG Inaugurates 10-Man Inter-Ministerial Committee To Enforce Supreme Court Judgement On Local Governments Autonomy

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, CON, has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Committee to enforce the Supreme Court judgement delivered on 11th July 2024 granting financial autonomy to Local Governments in Nigeria.

The members of the committee are as follows:

1. Secretary to the Government of the Federation - Chairman

2. Hon. Minister of Finance & Coordinating Minister of the Economy -Member

3. Attorney General of the Federation & Minister of Justice - Member

4. Hon. Minister of Budget & Economic Planning

5. Accountant General of the Federation

6. Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria

7. Permanent Secretary (Federal Ministry of Finance)

8. Chairman, Revenue Mobilization Allocation & Fiscal Commission

9. Representative of State Governors

10. Representative of Local Governments

The committee's primary goal is to ensure that local governments are granted full autonomy, allowing them to function effectively without interference from state governments.

This move is in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR efforts to give appropriate implementation to the provisions of the Constitution, which recognizes local governments as the third tier of government.

Segun Imohiosen
Director, Information & Public Relations

08/17/2024

SEDAG COMMENDS ENUGU STATE GOVERNOR FOR HIS GIGANTIC SUPPORTS TO AGRICULTURE AND MSME IN THE STATE

Socia-EconomicDevelopment and Accountable governance (SEDAG) a civil society group congratulates the Enugu state Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, on the recent empowerment of 4.6 billionaire worth of agricultural inputs and MSMEs grants to farmers, communities, and IT startups across the 17 local government areas of the state.

The statement was made by the group Executive Director during an interview with a BAN reporter in Enugu.

SEDAG, pointed out that the action of the Governor is a good move and in the right direction, as the empowerment came in the time the youths took over the streets to protest against hardship, hashtagged , as a result of high cost of food items and essential goods price, which has thrown the entire nation into extreme poverty and hunger.

According to SEDAG, releasing and distributions of the funds is not always the problem but the funds reaching the target or real beneficiaries. The group stated that if the initiative and purpose to which the governor released the 4.6 billion naira is well implemented, the funds and farming tools given to the real beneficiaries will increase food production, job creations, and security enhancement; thereby boosting the state economy, which is the core purpose the government pumped the huge sum of money in the agricultural and micro business sector.

SEDAG also expressed interest in working with the government of Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah in monitoring the movement of the funds to ensure the success of the initiative of the government in enhancing food security, agro-industrialization, and the development of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSMEs) in the state.

SEDAG also assured the general public that it will make available every information regarding the monitoring of the fund and evaluation of the performance by the beneficiaries, for accountability and transparency, which is the core objective of the group.