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NIGERIA · 20 ISSUES

The policy choices to watch.

An editorial watchlist for Nigeria, rather than a poll of public priorities. The numbers describe policy positions; higher scores do not mean better policies. A politician stays unrated until we can attach dated evidence.

COMPARE THE RECORD

Where do they stand?

Public healthcare funding · 1: End dedicated public funding · 10: Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area. Historical positions are dated in each profile; unreviewed positions stay blank.

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1–2 of 2 profiles

Reviewed evidence appears first. Each score links to the profile’s evidence and full 10-step rubric. No overall ideological ranking.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Public healthcare funding

Nigeria: government support for public healthcare services. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Public education funding

Nigeria: government support for public education. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Public transport infrastructure investment

Nigeria: government support for public road and rail infrastructure. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Public electricity infrastructure investment

Nigeria: government support for public electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Public water and sanitation funding

Nigeria: government support for public water and sanitation infrastructure. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Public agricultural support

Nigeria: government support for agricultural extension and small-farmer support. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Household cash-transfer funding

Nigeria: government support for means-tested household cash transfers. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Public affordable-housing funding

Nigeria: government support for public affordable-housing programmes. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Core defence funding

Nigeria: government support for the armed forces, excluding civilian policing. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Civilian police funding

Nigeria: government support for civilian policing, excluding the armed forces. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Public renewable-energy support

Nigeria: government support for renewable electricity deployment. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Public vocational training funding

Nigeria: government support for vocational education and apprenticeships. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Public nutrition-programme funding

Nigeria: government support for maternal and child nutrition programmes. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Public digital infrastructure investment

Nigeria: government support for public broadband and digital connectivity infrastructure. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Public flood-protection investment

Nigeria: government support for flood protection and climate adaptation infrastructure. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Petrol consumption subsidies

Nigeria: government support for government subsidies that reduce retail petrol prices. Distinguish federal, state and local responsibility when assessing evidence.

1 · End dedicated public funding

10 · Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Read all ten definitions
  1. End dedicated public funding
  2. Retain only exceptional emergency funding
  3. Make very large funding reductions
  4. Make substantial funding reductions
  5. Make modest funding reductions
  6. Maintain funding in real terms
  7. Make modest real funding increases
  8. Make substantial real funding increases
  9. Make very large real funding increases
  10. Provide the broadest feasible public funding within this policy area

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Restrictions on new public borrowing

Nigeria: strictness of limits on new government borrowing, not the existing debt stock or debt-service payments.

1 · No policy restrictions on additional borrowing

10 · Prohibit all new public borrowing

Read all ten definitions
  1. No policy restrictions on additional borrowing
  2. Minimal restrictions
  3. Very limited restrictions
  4. Limited restrictions
  5. Moderate restrictions
  6. Moderately strict restrictions
  7. Strict restrictions with broad exceptions
  8. Very strict restrictions with narrow exceptions
  9. Permit only exceptional emergency borrowing
  10. Prohibit all new public borrowing

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

State-government control of policing

Nigeria: allocation of authority between federal and state governments over police organisation and operational authority. This scale does not evaluate the quality or constitutional validity of a proposal.

1 · Exclusive federal control

10 · Exclusive state control

Read all ten definitions
  1. Exclusive federal control
  2. Almost exclusive federal control
  3. Predominantly federal control
  4. Federal control with limited state discretion
  5. Federal lead with substantial state discretion
  6. Shared federal and state control
  7. State lead with substantial federal constraints
  8. Predominantly state control
  9. Almost exclusive state control
  10. Exclusive state control

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

State-government control of public revenue

Nigeria: allocation of authority between federal and state governments over public revenue collection and allocation. This scale does not evaluate the quality or constitutional validity of a proposal.

1 · Exclusive federal control

10 · Exclusive state control

Read all ten definitions
  1. Exclusive federal control
  2. Almost exclusive federal control
  3. Predominantly federal control
  4. Federal control with limited state discretion
  5. Federal lead with substantial state discretion
  6. Shared federal and state control
  7. State lead with substantial federal constraints
  8. Predominantly state control
  9. Almost exclusive state control
  10. Exclusive state control

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

POLICY SPECTRUM · 1–10

Import tariff levels

Nigeria: tariff protection, holding the covered product basket constant. Separate tariffs from quotas, exchange-rate restrictions and ECOWAS obligations.

1 · Remove all import tariffs

10 · Prohibitive tariffs across the widest range of imports

Read all ten definitions
  1. Remove all import tariffs
  2. Near-zero tariffs
  3. Very low tariffs
  4. Low tariffs
  5. Moderately low tariffs
  6. Moderate tariffs
  7. Moderately high tariffs
  8. High tariffs
  9. Very high tariffs
  10. Prohibitive tariffs across the widest range of imports

Editorial comparison rubric, not a factual description of current Nigerian law or a public-opinion ranking. Higher means more of the named policy dimension, not better. No politician is scored by creating this rubric. Funding comparisons use a stated baseline and constant prices; insufficient evidence remains unscored. Topic selection informed by the official 2026 budget priorities (https://statehouse.gov.ng/2026-budget-speech/) and the policing consultation (https://statehouse.gov.ng/fg-announces-seven-week-roadmap-for-national-policing-bill-invites-public-input/); these government sources do not establish public consensus. Reviewed 31 October 2026.

Placements, evidence dates and primary-source links appear in each politician’s profile.