State
Ekiti
CAI asked 10 questions about climate implementation in Ekiti and read 16 public documents. None of those questions could be answered in full from the documents reviewed.
- Capital
- Ado-Ekiti
- Geopolitical zone
- South West
- Public documents reviewed
- 16
Primary climate risk
Flash flooding and erosion
Heavy rainfall drives flash flooding and soil erosion that damage farmland, rural roads and hillside settlements.
Source (2011)What the public record covers
On every question the documents say something, but never enough to confirm the answer. CAI also read 217 climate-relevant budget and expenditure lines published by 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
1 of 3
Evidence found for 1 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
- 1 of 3
- Documents
- 3
Is a climate policy or strategy published?
Ekiti’s public fiscal/planning materials refer to climate-action implementation, while external governance profiling shows a climate desk. The adopted jurisdiction-wide climate policy/action plan and score-3 implementation/progress package were not retrieved.
What would close this gap: Publish the official policy or plan, its formal status and date, implementation responsibilities, and any current progress review.
Nothing foundIs there a published law or order giving authority for climate action?
The public sources reviewed did not include authenticated Ekiti climate law/regulation/executive instrument meeting.
What would close this gap: Publish the authenticated law, gazette, regulation or executive instrument, including its current status and operative climate duties.
Nothing foundIs an institution responsible for climate work named and working?
Ekiti's official Ministry of Environment page identifies a Climate Change Department with mitigation/adaptation, advocacy, regular data collection and weather-monitoring functions and names the Director Nature Conservation and Climate Change. This is materially stronger than the earlier external-profile-only evidence.
What would close this gap: Publish the institution's mandate, named leadership or staffing, identifiable resources, and dated outputs or coordination records.
Visible, incomplete2025 Ekiti State Climate Governance Profile
Documents behind policy (3 documents)
- 2025 Ekiti State Climate Governance Profile
Policy/governance source
No provision-level document links established from the preserved public text.
- NEWMAP-EIB. Participating state in €175m erosion/watershed programme
Policy/governance source
Rely on the metric decision for whether the element is substantively established.
- Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. Climate Change Department
Policy/governance source
Rely on the metric decision for whether the element is substantively established.
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
- 7
Do published records show climate-related spending?
The published fiscal records did not provide enough detail to establish this amount.
What would close this gap: Publish a machine-readable executed-expenditure ledger with transaction/program ID, executed YTD amount, climate objective and weight, fund source, state-control classification, fiscal period, reference numbers and duplicate checking reconciliation.
Visible, incompleteEkiti State 2025 Fourth Quarter Budget Implementation ReportIs spending on renewable energy projects reported?
The published fiscal records did not provide enough detail to establish this amount.
What would close this gap: Publish a machine-readable 2025 executed energy-capital ledger with MDA, project/transaction ID, economic classification, executed YTD amount, funding/control source, renewable attribution, allocation splits for mixed projects and duplicate-reconciliation keys.
Fully documentedEkiti State 2025 Fourth Quarter Budget Implementation ReportIs 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.
What would close this gap: Publish the climate-relevant expenditure population audited, audit mandate/scope/coverage, methods, findings and severity, scope limitations, management response with owners/deadlines, and independent follow-up or closure assurance.
Visible, incompleteEkiti finance and budget page
109 of the 217 climate-relevant budget and expenditure lines published by Ekiti could be sorted into a theme from the wording of the line. Each bar counts line items, not naira.
Renewable energy, electricity
51 lines
Waste, pollution, methane
27 lines
Forestry, land restoration
16 lines
Flood, erosion, drainage
15 lines
This shows how many published lines mention each kind of climate work. It does not show how much money was allocated, and it does not show what was actually spent.
Where the public record stops
- 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 (7 documents)
- Ekiti State 2025 Fourth Quarter Budget Implementation Report
Budget performance / expenditure source
- Embedded-url
Budget performance / expenditure source
- Embedded-url
Budget performance / expenditure source
- Embedded-url
Budget performance / expenditure source
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.
What would close this gap: Publish outcome datasets with intervention IDs, dates, locations, attribution, direct/indirect flags, unique privacy-safe beneficiary keys, priority-group comparison base coverage, pre-existing targets and actuals, and state greenhouse gas inventory methods where applicable.
Is the number of people helped to cope with climate impacts measured?
The public sources reviewed did not provide all the measurement needed to establish the reported result. NEWMAP-EIB participation and climate-governance records do not expose direct beneficiaries.
What would close this gap: Publish outcome datasets with intervention IDs, dates, locations, attribution, direct/indirect flags, unique privacy-safe beneficiary keys, priority-group comparison base coverage, pre-existing targets and actuals, and state greenhouse gas inventory methods where applicable.
Is the share of that help reaching priority groups measured?
The public sources reviewed did not provide all the measurement needed to establish the reported result.
What would close this gap: Publish outcome datasets with intervention IDs, dates, locations, attribution, direct/indirect flags, unique privacy-safe beneficiary keys, priority-group comparison base coverage, pre-existing targets and actuals, and state greenhouse gas inventory methods where applicable.
Were stated targets met?
Policy/fiscal climate-action references visible. No due 2025 result against the target established.
What would close this gap: Publish outcome datasets with intervention IDs, dates, locations, attribution, direct/indirect flags, unique privacy-safe beneficiary keys, priority-group comparison base coverage, pre-existing targets and actuals, and state greenhouse gas inventory methods where applicable.
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)
- NEWMAP-EIB participating state in erosion/watershed programme
Federal/project source
Substantive source material is locally preserved. The evidence URL and retrieval route are documented.
- 2025 Ekiti State Climate Governance Profile
External governance profile
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 Ekiti'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.
Waste, pollution and methane
Published records name waste, pollution or methane work in this jurisdiction.
Water and resilient agriculture
Published records name water, sanitation or farming 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 Ekiti failed to act.
- 01
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.
- 02
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.
- 03
Publish the results data
Release results data showing where work happened, how many people it reached, how many were in priority groups, and how that compares with the stated targets.
- 04
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.
- 05
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.