Jamie Hitchen

This long form interview with former INEC Chairman Professor Attahiru Jega reflects on election management and the state of democracy in Nigeria

ARI Policy Researcher Jamie Hitchen was quoted in a story on Ugandan pop star Bobi Wine’s election to Parliament.

Explore our interactive map where Nigerians from many different walks of life reflect on aspects of sub-national government in their state

In this interview with Sierra Leone's Auditor General, Lara Taylor-Pearce, we discussed the role of the audit office in ensuring transparency and accountability in public financial management and the associated challenges of trying to do so.

Chief Gbade Adejumo argues that the civil service in Oyo state has become inefficient.

As the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development closes, ARI’s director selects salient facts and features from the comprehensive Habitat III Regional Report for Africa

In a new ARI blog series, “NIGERIA: HAVE YOUR SAY", Mark Amaza looks at the impact of violent conflict on Borno state.

In a new ARI blog series, “NIGERIA: HAVE YOUR SAY", Cheta Nwanze argues that the “state of origin” concept should be done away with in Nigeria

Uganda is a presidential republic in which the president is head of state and the government and the prime minister chairs the cabinet Elections are held every five years in a political system that has been multi-party since 2006 A presidential run-off would take place in the...

BudgIT was founded in 2011 and aims to enable Nigerian citizens and policymakers to hold government to account for revenue and expenditure decisions through analysis of public data. ARI spoke to its founder, Oluseun Onigbinde.