BY Dyepkazah Shibayan
Some leaders of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have applauded ConsTrack phone application used for tracking constituency projects of lawmakers.
The mobile application was recently launched by OrderPaper Nigeria, an online platform, to enable citizens to engage their elected representatives on constituency projects.
Edetaen Ojo, executive director of Media Rights Agency (MRA); Lanre Arogundade, director of International Press Centre (IPC); Chido Onumah, convener of Corruption Anonymous and coordinator of African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL); and Jaye Gaskia, convener of Take Back Nigeria, are among those who have endorsed the mobile application.
In a statement, Ojo said the application is a tool for citizens “to enthrone fiscal transparency in Nigeria as well as the drive for open and inclusive budgeting processes.”
Arogundade said: “The quest for a robust democratic culture where media freedoms are respected begins with the right to know and hold opinions. Our right to know and interrogate what our legislators do with constituency projects funds is not negotiable. That is why I ask you to engage the ConsTrack App now.”
On their part, Onumah and Gaskia said: “I stand or development-oriented constitue ncy representation. I endorse the ConsTrack App.”
The application would enable citizens directly report their findings on the projects either by text, audio or videos with their mobile devices.
The ConsTrack application is also a platform for legislators to tell their success on constituency projects in order to provide a balanced narrative and healthy interface between citizens and their elected representatives in parliament.
OrderPaper said the development of the application is “a culmination of various levels of multi-stakeholder consultations and validation exercises that have spanned over a year.”
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