Big Data and Accountability in Nigeria. Insights from the BudgIT Organization and the #OpenNASS Campaign

Authors

  • Kelechi Okechukwu Amakoh University of Lagos
  • Babatunde Adeshina Faustino Aarhus University
  • Faith Aanu Oloruntoba University of Lagos
  • Abigail Odozi Ogwezzy-Ndisika University of Lagos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1285/i20356609v11i2p472

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Author Biographies

Kelechi Okechukwu Amakoh, University of Lagos

Kelechi Okechukwu Amakoh is a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Mass

Communication, University of Lagos, Nigeria. He holds a B.Sc (First Class honours) in Mass Communication from the same department. He is an Erasmus Mundus Scholar at Aarhus University, Denmark currently studying Journalism, Media and Globalisation. He was the Editor-in-chief of two campus publications: Unilag Sun and Masscope.

Babatunde Adeshina Faustino, Aarhus University

Babatunde Adeshina Faustino is a doctoral student in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos. He has participated in several research activities within and outside the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos. He is a member of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Advertising Practitioners’ Council of Nigeria (APCON), and Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN). He is a laureate of Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa (BMIA).

Faith Aanu Oloruntoba, University of Lagos

Faith Aanu Oloruntoba is a joint graduate student at Aarhus University, Denmark and University of Hamburg, Germany. She holds both B.Sc and M.Sc degrees from the University of Lagos. She has worked as a journalist and a public relations officer at different times. She is an Erasmus Mundus Scholar, a laureate of the Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa (BMIA) and a Senior Fellow with the Humanity in Action Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abigail Odozi Ogwezzy-Ndisika, University of Lagos

Abigail Odozi Ogwezzy-Ndisika is a Professor of Development and Mass Communication at the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Nigeria; currently the substantive Head of the Department, after two acting appointments; and the Department’s first female professor. She is a recipient of ELF Petroleum Coy Ltd and British Chevening scholarships; Erasmus Mundus Exchange Scholar grantee among others.

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Published

13-09-2018

How to Cite

Amakoh, K. O., Faustino, B. A., Oloruntoba, F. A., & Ogwezzy-Ndisika, A. O. (2018). Big Data and Accountability in Nigeria. Insights from the BudgIT Organization and the #OpenNASS Campaign. PARTECIPAZIONE E CONFLITTO, 11(2), 472–483. https://doi.org/10.1285/i20356609v11i2p472

Issue

Vol. 11, No. 2 (2018). Special Issue: From Big Data in Politics to the Politics of Big Data

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