Governance - Intelpoint

Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) accounted for 61% of Lagos State’s Q1 2025 receipts.
VAT was the second-largest funding source, contributing 22%.
Loans made up 8% of total inflows for the quarter.
Opening balance accounted for 4%, indicating a moderate carryover from the previous year.

Inflation jumped by 13.4 percentage points, from 9.0% pre-Buhari to 22.4% post-Buhari.
The value of the naira] depreciated by over 235% during Buhari’s tenure, ending at ₦645.2/$.
Total public debt increased nearly 7x, from ₦12.6 trillion in 2015 to ₦87.4 trillion in 2023.
Nigeria’s GDP growth rate averaged just 1.24% annually between 2015 and 2023.
Foreign reserves peaked at $44.5 billion in 2018 but dropped to $38.3 billion by 2023.
FDI inflows showed volatility, with the highest being $3.5 billion in 2021 and the lowest at $0.8 billion.
Nigeria's GDP growth rate was modest, with the country experiencing a recession in 2016.

The number of female central bank governors rose from 21 in 2014 to 29 in 2024, a 38% increase over the decade.
The lowest point was in 2018, with just 14 female governors, marking a 33% drop from the 2014 figure.
A rebound began after 2018, with consistent annual growth from 2020 onwards, peaking in 2024.
The number remained under 20 for six consecutive years (2015–2021) before breaking past that mark again in 2022.

Rwanda leads Africa in female parliamentary representation with 61.3% women in its national legislature.
Nigeria has the lowest representation of women in parliament across the continent at just 4.3%.
South Africa and Cabo Verde also boast high female parliamentary shares, with 44.7% and 44.4% respectively.
Four of the top 10 countries have more than 40% women in their national assemblies.
Only five countries in the bottom 10 have over 10% female representation.
The gap between the top and bottom countries is massive: a nearly 57-percentage-point difference between Rwanda and Nigeria.

Rwanda is a global leader in gender-inclusive governance, with nearly two-thirds (63.8%) of its parliament occupied by women.
Latin American nations dominate the list, with Cuba (55.7%), Nicaragua (55.0%), and Mexico (50.2%) showing strong female political participation.
The UAE stands out as the only Middle Eastern country in the top 10, achieving 50% female representation.
Despite being a high-income European nation, Monaco has the lowest representation among the top 10, with women holding only 45.8% of seats.

Key takeaways:

Mozambique has the fewest individuals requiring support from the United Nations.
The UN plans to help 3.6 million of the 7.8 million people in Nigeria who require assistance.
Sudan is the only Northern African country recorded by the UN as having people in need.
In East and Southern Africa, the countries with the highest and lowest numbers of individuals in need are Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, respectively.
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Niger have the highest and lowest number of individuals needing assistance, respectively, in West and Central Africa.

Key takeaways:

The highest percentage of requirements was met in 2019.
Less than 50 percent of UN funds targeted towards Nigeria's humanitarian aid was realised in 2023.
As of 2020, the year of the Covid-19 pandemic, approximately 58 percent of the UN target for Nigeria's humanitarian support was raised, which is lower than the percentage realised in 2019 and 2021.
Every year, Nigeria obtains at least 40% of the UN's humanitarian aid needs.

Key takeaways:

The highest amount of funds raised for Nigeria’s humanitarian aid was recorded in 2017 at $770 million.
From 2019 to 2020, there was only a slight increase of 0.3% in the amount raised.
By 2023, a decline of 23.42% from 2022's raised funds was witnessed, and it is the lowest decline experienced since 2017.
Regardless of fluctuations in annual assistance, Nigeria continued to receive humanitarian aid from the United Nations.

Japan leads with 14 bases. It hosts the most U.S. bases globally, exceeding individual counts in the Philippines (9) and South Korea (8).
Asia-Pacific Dominance: The region (Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Australia, and Papua New Guinea) accounts for 41 bases, nearly 1/3 of the global total.
The Asia-Pacific region hosts 41 U.S. bases, while Europe (Italy, Germany, Poland, UK) has 23. This indicates a growing strategic pivot towards the Pacific compared to traditional European deployments.
Kuwait (5 bases) stands out as the primary hub for U.S. military operations in the Middle East, highlighting its role as a key staging ground for regional security.
The top 10 host countries account for 69 of the 128 total bases (over 53%), meaning nearly half of U.S. overseas bases are spread across the remaining 39 countries.

Key takeaways:

Most countries can only target 50-70% of their populations in need.
Sudan has the greatest humanitarian requirements, with 30.44 million people affected, and it is projected that only 69% will receive help, leaving 10 million individuals unsupported.
Myanmar exhibits the largest gap, with over 19.9 million people in need and only 5.5 million targeted for assistance.
The situation in Ukraine leaves nearly 7 million individuals without adequate assistance while targeting approximately 6 million individuals.

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