The Economic Intelligence Unit serves as a specialized analytical arm within the Kaduna State Planning and Budget Commission, providing critical data-driven insights and economic analysis to support evidence-based decision-making. The unit collects, analyzes, and interprets economic data and trends, produces economic forecasts, conducts research on key economic indicators, and provides strategic intelligence on both state and national economic developments. Through its comprehensive research and analysis, the unit helps inform policy formulation, investment decisions, and economic planning while offering valuable recommendations to enhance the state’s economic performance and competitiveness in line with its development objectives.
This focuses on the underlying real factors impacting both revenue and expenditure. It includes looking at the macroeconomic and mineral sector performance nationally and the macroeconomic performance of the state, and forging linkages with the relevant revenue and expenditure items to provide both a historical and forward looking commentary on performance. This would support both in-year and out-year decision making.
Identifying emerging economic and development issues that will be of interest and benefit to the state, from variety of sources including Kaduna State, Federal Government (such as NBS, CBN, NEC and other Federal MDAs), other states, development agencies and the private sector; and advising the Commissioner for Planning and Budget and the State accordingly. This function also involves monitoring the dynamics in the private sector and broader economy of Kaduna State, including identifying technical innovations that might benefit the state, use leading indicators to forecast the future dynamics and advice on policy formulation (and its impact on government).
A number of new policy pronouncements have been made both nationally and within Kaduna state. In many cases, the impacts (economic and fiscal) of the new pronouncements have not been assessed. The EIU will undertake this analysis both ex-ante (to inform policy, particularly in Kaduna State) and ex-poste.
Ad hoc briefing notes, position papers etc. on emerging issues – The unit is flexible under other ad hoc analysis that will support effective policy formulation, efficient service delivery and good governance in Kaduna State.
The learning visit exposed the structures of Lagos State EIU which has been in existence for close to a decade. During the visit, Kaduna State EIU understood the dangers in being under a department; this is because the Lagos State EIU has been subsumed under the planning department. In their ten years of existence, they could not show us any report or product produced by the Unit while the Kaduna State EIU presented twelve reports which was produced within just a year of their establishment. With this achievement, the Lagos State EIU is planning for learning and experience visit to Kaduna State EIU.
The training is aimed at strengthening the capacity of EIU`s use of Macroeconomic packages and tools for effective forecast and analysis. During the training staffs of EIU were trained on SPSS statistical package, infographics design and excel spreadsheet.
The workshop aimed at building evidence and capacity for demographic dividend in Kaduna State. It was also meant to estimate and prepare a draft Demographic Dividend (DD) report for Kaduna State. During the workshop, participants were taking through the use of STATA, R-Project and also how to estimate demographic dividend.
The report focuses on and analyze three different scenarios of implementing the new minimum as it affects the personnel cost and revenue of the state. This report was the reason behind Kaduna State Government being the first to implement the N30,000 minimum wage in Nigeria.
The report is a replica of the Economist Intelligence Unit Country report of Great Britain. It is a political and economic analysis and forecast of the upcoming year. It is highly sort after by development partners. It guides them on the possibilities of economic and political happenings in Kaduna State and how they will be able to bring in their funds to support the State.