Integrating Demographic Dividend into the Budetary Process in Nigeria: A Subnational Perspective

Oyeteju Odufuwa, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Olanrewaju Olaniyan, University of Ibadan
Akanni Lawanson, University of Ibadan
Noah Olasehinde, University of Ibadan
Olabanji Awodumi, University of Ibadan
Temitope Olalude, University of Ibadan
Andat Dasogot, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Sokoto State commenced the implementation of the Demographic Dividend (DD) Programming by developing its Roadmap in 2021. To further commit the State’s financial resources into harnessing the gains that accrues from its population age structure, the State developed its DD-sensitive budget by mapping the roadmap activities with the capital projects identified in the 2022 Budget. Adopting the Budget for Demographic Dividend (B4DD) model, this study explored the process to map, estimate the overall cost allocation to these activities and enumerate the agencies expected to coordinate the process. Data were extracted from the 2021 Sokoto State DD-Roadmap and the 2022 Annual State Budget. Only 69 of the 158 activities in the roadmap were mapped with 475 capital projects. 61% of the budgetary projects were not DD-related. The total estimated cost of the 475 DD-related projects was NGN58.53 billion. The Ministry of Basic Education had the highest number of DD-related projects, while the Ministry of Health had the highest financial allocation. It is recommended that duplicity of projects should be avoided, and other funding sources explored.

Keywords: Economic Demography, Data and Methods, Population and Development, Population Policies

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