NDEBUMOG-Finance 4 Development Project The Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group (NDEBUMOG) was conceptualized and founded in July 2005. The organization is registered at the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Nigeria and holds a Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.
From the organization#s inception till date, we#ve contributed significantly to Nigeria#s  and international development processes, either; through international development#s connectors, research/trainings, legislativelobbying, capacity building of stakeholders on public procurement, budget analysis, budget monitoring/tracking, basic economic literacy, shadow budgeting, tracking of illicit financial flows, communally centered capacity for gender justice, fiscal equity,along with campaigns and propagation of inclusive (participatory) budget, fair and justifiable taxation and remediation of audit gaps in Nigeria#s extractive and solid minerals sector. NDEBUMOG is among key civil society organizations# in Nigeria that works on fiscal governance, through programmatic, institutional and (collaborative strategic) synergies with ACAs and other agencies of the governments at every tier in Nigeria. On the strength of the above, we were engaged by the Federal Government throughthe Budget Office of the Federation (BOF) as sector#s expert of the Medium-Term Sector Strategies from 2008 to 2011.  NDEBUMOG was assigned to the Federal Ministry of Defense in 2008, and Federal Ministry of the Niger Delta Affairs in 2009, 2010 and 2011respectively. However, till date, NDEBUMOG engages the government (generically) in the MTSS/MTEF processes; through different strategies and approaches, as it pleases the government#s in power, as the government tries to keep date with extant provisionsof the Fiscal Responsibility Act. NDEBUMOG was also invited by Nigeria#s Economic Summit Group to the 14th Nigeria#s Economic Summit in 2008, which was to be among session#s discussants that discussedand interrogated the topicality of Nigeria#s belated #Vision 2020#. During the session in reference, NDEBUMOG informed the audience(bluntly) that, such a #vision# would not be realized in Nigeria, due to lack of reliable statistical data and chronic fiscal disequilibrium.

In this second phase of the F4Dproject, The Niger Delta Budget Monitoring Group (NDEBUMOG) will continue to work on budget monitoring, transparency and accountability, in addition, the group will also manage the tax justice platforms and align the platforms to the budget monitors and taxmonitors in order to have a more concerted community mobilization, active citizenship that will pressure duty bearers for fair taxation and improved participatory budget and service delivery for the vulnerable. recall that public finance accountability and transparency has been central to Oxfam#s governance engagement in Nigeria.
For the Nigeria F4D SP project implementation, the Actor will harvest applied budget work in the pro-poor sectors of Agricultural, Education and Health using the approach ofcomparative analysis to determine percentage allocations, investment in the sector, etc.  This approach will help make available reliable data to be used by the CSOs for advocacy engagement. It will also help consolidate the existing CSOs platforms for applied budget work round the Budget cycle, Procurement Monitoring and Budget Tracking and Evaluation to give cohesion and increase impact of activities.
To reach the grassroots communities with relevant fiscal information concerning their constituencies,theywillbe provided with basic economic literacy through Town Hall meetings across selected LGAs.
At the national level, the planned activities are lobby, advocacy, legislative engagement, campaigns, etc. to spur the Federal government into action to strengthenparticipatory budgetary process and implementation in Nigeria. In addition, there will be activities like capacity building for CSOs on participatory budgeting, gender based budgeting, etc
The interventions are;
I. Training for officials of LGAs and other relevant stakeholders across four states on Gender Based Budgeting-
II. Strengthening and Monitoring of Existing Platforms
III. Strengthening of Shadow Budget Platforms
IV. Strengthening and Monitoring of Existing Platforms
V. Training of EmergingCivil Society Influencers
VI.  TownHall Meeting: Elele, Rivers State
VII. Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Taxation
VIII. Support to Committed State TJ<(>&<)>G Platformsto mobilize new members and carry out awareness activities
IX. Capacity Building Supportto the State Tax Justice Platforms with 2 committed members each to be invited from each chapter
X. Appearances on Radio Program on Tax, budget and inequality etc
XI. Researchand Desk Analysis Government Budget 2017 for Selected Federal Sectors-Health, Education, Agric, including SDGs ZIPs Projects as a Tool for Influencing Lobbying and Advocacy.
XII. Appearances on Radio Program on Tax, budget and inequality etc