This has been a result of people’s engagement with the public finance processes in their own community and State level. Of course such processes have been facilitated by local and national organisations, but concrete results have been possible by people being hands-on engaged in the arena of public finance.On the other hand, projects such as borehole, clinic and block of classrooms for a Junior Secondary School were gained through advocacy to the government.  

In response to the interventions, there has been a remarkable improvement in employment of school teachers in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states. As an effective response that the community was able to push for, by a studied lobbying effort the Government allocated funds for improvement in schools facilities through renovation of existing ones and provision of new ones. 89 new schools were approved in Kebbi state among which 37 were completed as at June 2007. Also, in Sokoto State, about 3,000 classrooms and 500 staff quarters were built and/or renovated.  The Sokoto SUBEB was given approval to recruit about 1,000 new teachers.  In Zamfara State, the FEB was mandated to employ up to 260 female teachers, while the Ministry of Education employed about 580 teachers comprising both male and female. The passage of the Child Right Act in Edo State was very remarkable through increase advocacy. The Act stipulates the declaration of the rights of the child to compulsory education, against all forms of domestic labour, child marriage among others. 

Results of the engagement in Public Finance Analysis were very obvious in Felande Community in Kebbi State. In the community, school enrolments increased to a total of 823 boys and 504 girls in the Junior Secondary School. This was due to the renovation and construction of facilities like the building of blocks of classrooms in the community school. And now, there is a Junior Secondary School, a primary health centre and a functional borehole in the school, which were also provided with support of the government.  

Critical engagement in budget process has also led to improvement and increase in the budgetary allocations to education sector for the 2008 fiscal year. The government has promised to expend over two hundred billion naira for the first time, in education programmes. Also the Federal Government has promised to set aside a proportion of funds to support programmes of direct intervention on poverty reduction through out the country. This development it is hoped would translate to improvement in the living standard and condition of poor and excluded in the country.