Inaugural Summit · Abuja, September 2026
Turning Public Finance into Better Public Services
A summit you don't just attend — you move through it.
- September 2026
- Abuja, Nigeria
- Convened by IBP Nigeria
Sector PULSE Labs working in parallel
Focus areas across public service delivery
Of commitments tracked
publicly after the summit
In public funds under the accountability lens
Not another talking shop.
PULSE — Public Finance: Unlocking Last-Mile Services — is built on a simple frustration: conversations about public money are some of the most important a country can have, yet they’re held in a language almost no one understands.
PULSE does it differently. We take fiscal data, procurement records, audit findings, and lived citizen experience, and turn them into something you can see, feel, question, and follow — long after the summit ends.
Three moves, one accountable cycle
Evidence becomes action. Action becomes commitment. Commitment becomes something the public can track.
1
Evidence
Fiscal data, procurement records, audit findings, and citizen experiences are brought together to surface the issues that matter most — not the issues that are easiest to discuss.
Before the summit
2
Action
Inside the PULSE Labs — working sessions, not panels — institutions, civil society, technical experts, and community representatives agree concrete, costed commitments.
At the summit
3
Accountability
Fiscal data, procurement records, audit findings, and citizen experiences are brought together to surface the issues that matter most — not the issues that are easiest to discuss.
After the summit
Follow the money. Watch where it breaks.
This is the kind of thinking that happens inside a PULSE Lab — except here, you’re driving. Make a few decisions and see what reaches the citizen.
Built for follow-through
No speeches, just action
Labs are guided by evidence and lived experience — not panels, not protocol, not long opening remarks.
Public visibility
Our Reform Tracker ensures that follow-through is visible, not assumed. Commitments live online, in the open.
Independence & trust
Convened by IBP Nigeria with a multi-stakeholder secretariat and independent external reviews to protect credibility.
Citizens at the table
Lived experience sits alongside fiscal analysis — because the people who feel the gap should help define the fix.
Five sectors, plus the thread that runs through them all
Each Lab takes a sector and follows the money from the approved budget to the last mile. A closing Debt Accountability Plenary asks the question underneath them all.
Health
From PHC budgets to drugs on the shelf
Education
From allocations to classrooms that work
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
From capital votes to taps that flow
Agriculture
From subsidies to harvests and incomes
Social Protection
From programmes to households reached
Debt & Accountability
"Debt for What?" — the closing plenary
The people in the room
Ministers, regulators, technocrats, and accountability leaders — opening the summit and anchoring the Debt Accountability Plenary.
TO
Taiwo Oyedele
Chairman, Presidential Fiscal Policy & Tax Reforms Committee
invited
AB
Sen. Abubakar Bagudu
invited
MP
Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate
Coordinating Minister of Health & Social Welfare
invited
JA
Dr. Joe Abah
Debt Plenary Moderator · Governance Expert
confirmed
PO
Patience Oniha
Director-General, Debt Management Office
invited
SC
Shaakaa K. Chira
Auditor-General of the Federation
invited
NN
Nancy Nnaji
Lead Lab Facilitator
confirmed
KO
Kayode Okikiolu
confirmed
Senior speakers anchor the Opening and Debt Accountability Plenary. Full Lab line-ups — including sector commissioners and civil society leads — announced closer to the summit.
Where promises become public.
The Reform Tracker is the heart of PULSE — and what sets it apart from every other summit. Every commitment made inside the Labs is published here and monitored over time.
Anyone can see what’s moving, what’s stalled, and what still needs attention. Follow-through becomes visible, not assumed — long after the room has emptied.
Back the work of making budgets deliver
PULSE brings together the institutions and partners who believe public money should reach people. There’s a place for your organisation in that story.
Convening Partner
Shape the agenda and co-host a Lab in your priority sector, with visibility across the summit and the Reform Tracker.
Knowledge Partner
Contribute evidence, data, or research to the PULSE Compendium and help anchor the Labs in rigour.
Supporting Partner
Support the experience — from the immersive spaces to the youth and media engagement that widens the room.
Things people ask
Is the PULSE Summit free to attend?
Fiscal data, procurement records, audit findings, and citizen experiences are brought together to surface the issues that matter most — not the issues that are easiest to discuss.
What exactly happens in a PULSE Lab?
A Lab is a facilitated working session, not a panel. Each one takes a sector, walks through the evidence, and ends with concrete commitments — captured live by rapporteurs and carried onto the public Reform Tracker.
Can I attend virtually?
Absolutely. You choose your mode of participation during registration. Virtual participants get a tailored digital experience, including live streams of the plenary and selected Labs.
What is the Reform Tracker?
It’s the heart of PULSE. Every commitment made at the summit is published and monitored over time, so anyone can see what’s moving, what’s stalled, and what still needs attention.
I'm not a public finance expert. Will I be lost?
That’s the whole point of PULSE. We’ve designed every part of the experience — from the visuals to the Labs to this website — to make public finance make sense to everyone, not just specialists.
Who convenes PULSE?
PULSE is convened by the International Budget Partnership (IBP) Nigeria, with a multi-stakeholder secretariat and independent external reviews to protect its credibility and independence.
Be in the room where promises become commitments
Registration takes two minutes — and the last step is more fun than you’d expect.