State
Benue
CAI asked 10 questions about climate implementation in Benue and read 21 public documents. None of those questions could be answered in full from the documents reviewed.
- Capital
- Makurdi
- Geopolitical zone
- North Central
- Public documents reviewed
- 21
Primary climate risk
River flooding
Benue river flooding regularly displaces riverside communities and destroys crops in one of Nigeria's main farming states.
Source (2025)What the public record covers
On every question the documents say something, but never enough to confirm the answer. No published budget document that CAI could read line by line was found for this jurisdiction.
This shows what CAI found in public documents, not climate performance. A gap in the record is not a zero, and is not proof that nothing is happening.
Evidence found, question by question
Policy
2 of 3
Evidence found for 2 of 3 questions
Spending
3 of 3
Evidence found for 3 of 3 questions
Outcomes
4 of 4
Evidence found for 4 of 4 questions
Policy
The climate strategy, the law or order behind it, and the institution responsible for the work.
- Questions with evidence
- 2 of 3
- Documents
- 3
Is a climate policy or strategy published?
Benue’s official development plan contains climate objectives, but the public sources reviewed did not establish an adopted jurisdiction-wide climate plan meeting.
Visible, incompleteBenue State Development Plan 2025–2029Is there a published law or order giving authority for climate action?
No climate law/regulation/executive instrument meeting the force/function test was authenticated.
Nothing foundIs an institution responsible for climate work named and working?
Benue’s official 2025 budget contains a dedicated Benue State Council on Climate Change with substantial recurrent and capital allocations, while external 2025 profiling identifies a climate-change director in the ministry.
Visible, incompleteBenue State Government 2025 Approved Budget. Council on Climate Change
Documents behind policy (3 documents)
- Benue State Development Plan 2025–2029
Policy/governance source
Rely on the metric decision for whether the element is substantively established.
- Benue State Government 2025 Approved Budget. Council on Climate Change
Policy/governance source
Rely on the metric decision for whether the element is substantively established.
- 2024/2025 Benue Climate Governance Profile
Policy/governance source
No provision-level document links established from the preserved public text.
Spending
What published budget and expenditure records show about climate spending, energy projects, and the audit of that money.
- Questions with evidence
- 3 of 3
- Documents
- 5
Do published records show climate-related spending?
The published fiscal records did not provide enough detail to establish this amount.
Visible, incomplete2025 Q4 Benue State Budget PerformanceIs spending on renewable energy projects reported?
The published fiscal records did not provide enough detail to establish this amount.
Visible, incomplete2025 Q4 Benue State Budget PerformanceIs climate-related spending audited, and is the outcome published?
The public records did not show the complete sequence from the audit finding to the government’s response and resolution.
Visible, incompleteBenue 2025 financial statement PDF
Where the public record stops
- A relevant public source was located or listed, but line-level executed energy-capital detail is not set out in the public sources reviewed.
- The public record shows general fiscal/audit accountability visibility, but does not disclose a completed audit-control cycle specifically covering climate-relevant public expenditure with response and independent closure.
Documents behind spending (5 documents)
- 2025 Q4 Benue State Budget Performance
Budget performance / expenditure source
- Embedded-url
Budget performance / expenditure source
- 2025 Q4 Benue State Budget Performance
Renewable-energy capital / execution source
- Benue 2025 financial statement PDF
Audited financial statement source path
The public record shows general fiscal/audit accountability visibility, but does not disclose a completed audit-control cycle specifically covering climate-relevant public expenditure with response and independent closure.
Outcomes
Measured results: emissions reduced, people helped, priority groups reached and targets met.
- Questions with evidence
- 4 of 4
- Documents
- 2
Is a reduction in emissions measured?
The public sources reviewed did not provide all the measurement needed to establish the reported result.
Visible, incompleteBenue land restoration programme newsIs the number of people helped to cope with climate impacts measured?
Older direct-beneficiary stove/VSLA evidence and current land restoration programme/development-plan sources located. The public sources reviewed do not set out 2025 uniqueness and directness.
Visible, incompleteBenue land restoration programme newsIs the share of that help reaching priority groups measured?
Women/cooperative evidence exists in older programme material, but matching comparison base and classification coverage are absent.
Visible, incompleteBenue land restoration programme newsWere stated targets met?
Development-plan targets and land restoration programme implementation context visible. No due 2025 result against the target established.
Visible, incompleteBenue land restoration programme news
Where the public record stops
- The public record supports implementation visibility, but does not publish enough raw variables to establish the reported result.
- The public record supports implementation visibility, but does not publish enough raw variables to establish the reported result.
- The public record supports implementation visibility, but does not publish enough raw variables to establish the reported result.
Documents behind outcomes (2 documents)
- Benue land restoration programme news
Project / official
Substantive source material is locally preserved. The evidence URL and retrieval route are documented.
- GIFSEP resilience-building for communities in Benue and Kogi
Civil society / case study
Substantive source material is locally preserved. The evidence URL and retrieval route are documented.
Climate work named in the documents
These are the kinds of climate work named in Benue's published records. The list shows what appears in documents, not how much was delivered.
Solar and mini-grids
Published records name solar or mini-grid electricity work in this jurisdiction.
Flood, erosion and drainage
Published records name flood, erosion or drainage work in this jurisdiction.
Forestry and land restoration
Published records name forestry or land restoration work in this jurisdiction.
Water and resilient agriculture
Published records name water, sanitation or farming resilience work in this jurisdiction.
Health resilience
Published records name health resilience work in this jurisdiction.
Other supported sectors
Published records name cross-cutting climate or resilience work that does not sit in one sector.
Recommendations
What CAI recommends publishing
These recommendations follow from where the public record stops. They are about what is published, not a judgement that Benue failed to act.
- 01
Publish the law behind climate action
Release the signed law, gazette notice or executive order, showing its current status and the climate duties it places on government.
- 02
Publish the climate plan and its status
Release the climate plan or strategy with its formal status and date, who is responsible for delivering it, and any progress review.
- 03
Name the institution doing the work
Release the responsible body's mandate, its named leadership, the resources it holds, and dated records of what it has done.
- 04
Publish the climate spending ledger
Release a downloadable record of climate-related spending showing each transaction, its amount, its climate purpose and its funding source.
- 05
Publish the renewable energy spending record
Release a downloadable record of money actually spent on renewable energy projects, showing the agency, the project and the amount.