Financial Risk:
High
Score:
38/100
Asset Disposals
Q24
0/100
How effective are controls over the disposal of assets, and is information on these disposals, and the proceeds of their sale, transparent?
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The assessor found no public evidence to suggest that Niger has a policy for the disposal of defence and security assets. The ECOWAS Commission…
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There is little to no information publicly available about the process of asset disposal. According to the Small Arms Survey by Savannah de Tessieres…
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There is little to no information publicly available about the process of asset disposal. According to the Small Arms Survey by Savannah de Tessieres…
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Q25
0/100
Is independent and transparent scrutiny of asset disposals conducted by defence establishments, and are the reports of such scrutiny publicly available?
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There is little to no information publicly available about the audit process of asset disposal (1). According to an interviewee, there is an internal…
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The assessor found no evidence of a functioning audit body or of military or executive undermining scrutiny by the audit regarding asset disposals (1).
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There is little to no information publicly available about the audit process of asset disposal, should there be any. However, according to an interviewee,…
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Secret Budgets
Q26
0/100
What percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year is dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the intelligence services?
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The precise percentage of defence and security expenditure in the budget year dedicated to spending on secret items relating to national security and the…
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Q27
25/100
Is the legislature (or the appropriate legislative committee or members of the legislature) given full information for the budget year on the spending of all secret items relating to national security and military intelligence?
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The legislative framework formally allows members of the National Assembly to have oversight over the defence budget, even though this oversight is limited due…
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Q28
0/100
Are audit reports of the annual accounts of the security sector (the military and intelligence services) subject to parliamentary debate?
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According to interviewees, no audit of the annual accounts of the intelligence services has been conducted during the last three years by legislators (1,2).…
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According to interviewees, no audit of the annual accounts of the intelligence services has been conducted during last three years by parliamentarians (1,2). The…
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Q29
NEI/100
In law, are off-budget military expenditures permitted, and if so, are they exceptional occurrences that are well-controlled? In practice, are there any off-budget military expenditures? If so, does evidence suggest this involves illicit economic activity?
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The Nigerien Constitution (2010) does not allow for off-budget military expenditures (dépenses hors budget, dépenses extrabudgétaires), although they may take place illicitly. The National…
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Provided that off-budget expenditure is not authorised, this indicator has been marked Not Applicable.
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This indicator has not been assigned a score due to insufficient information or evidence. The Nigerien Constitution (2010) does not allow for off-budget military…
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Q30
50/100
Are mechanisms for accessing information from the defence sector effective?
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There is legislation that stipulates access to information for the defence sector. As defined by the 2011 Ordonnance, administrative documents are separated into “communicable”…
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This indicator is not assigned a score in the GDI. As defined by the 2011 Ordonnance, administrative documents are separated into “communicable” and “noncommunicable”,…
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Following desk research, it appears that information which is not classified as confidential is accessible to the public. This information is used in several…
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Q31
100/100
Do national defence and security institutions have beneficial ownership of commercial businesses? If so, how transparent are details of the operations and finances of such businesses?
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Neither the Constitution (1) nor the Military Penal Code (2) bans defence institutions from having beneficial ownership of commercial businesses. However, section 6, art.…
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No evidence was found of any military involvement in private enterprise. Interviewees agreed that this was unlikely. Therefore, this indicator has been marked Not…
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Military-owned Businesses
Q32
100/100
Are military-owned businesses subject to transparent independent scrutiny at a recognised international standard?
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Neither the Constitution (1) nor the Military Penal Code (2) bans defence institutions from having beneficial ownership of commercial businesses. However, Section 6, Art.…
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No evidence was found of any military involvement in private enterprise, the interviewees agreed that this was unlikely. Therefore, this indicator has been marked…
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Illegal Private Enterprise
Q33
100/100
Is there evidence of unauthorised private enterprise by military or other defence ministry employees? If so, what is the government’s reaction to such enterprise?
View QuestionActual Military Spending
Q77
6/100
Is comprehensive data on actual spending on defence published during the budget year?
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The Ministry of Finance proactively publishes the annual budget on its website in an aggregated form (1). For 2018, Niger adopted a Citizen Budget…
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The vast majority of actual spending is not disclosed. For instance, in the 2018 Budget 127 620 531 550 francs CFA was allocated to…
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Details of actual spending are published more than twelve months after the end of the financial year (FY). For instance, the End-Year Report for…
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Niger publishes the End-Year Report with considerable delay. Also, despite being updated on the Ministry of Finance website, the document for the FY 2015…
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