State-Level
Partnerships
Sub-national governments face the sharpest gap between policy ambition and delivery capacity. HAPSS works inside that gap — building the infrastructure, capability, and systems that make state-level governance work.
Why states need a different approach.
Federal programmes often stall at the state level not because of political will, but because of capacity deficits that federal policy cannot address on its own.
States with distinct civil service structures
Each state operates its own civil service commission, salary structure, and workforce profile. A programme that works in Lagos requires substantive redesign for Sokoto.
Of public servants are sub-national
The majority of Nigeria's civil servants work at state and local government level, yet they receive a fraction of federal capacity-building investment and technical support.
Faster reform cycle at state level
State governments can move faster than federal on procurement, programme approval, and implementation when political will exists. The constraint is usually technical capacity, not process.
Tailored to sub-national reality.
Civil service capacity
Digital tools training
Cohort-based programmes covering productivity software, digital communication, and e-government platforms for state civil servants at all grade levels.
Leadership and management
Senior executive training for Directors and above on data-driven decision-making, performance management, and digital transformation leadership.
Sector-specific modules
Customised training for state health ministries, education agencies, revenue boards, and land registries aligned to each sector's workflows and systems.
Train-the-trainer
Building internal training capacity within the state civil service so capability is retained and refreshed without continued external dependency.
Records and data
Registry modernisation
Digitization of land, birth, death, and business registration records, with electronic document management systems configured for state context.
Revenue data infrastructure
IGR data pipelines, taxpayer databases, and reconciliation systems that give state revenue authorities real-time visibility into collection and leakage.
Citizen services
State service portals
Single-window citizen service interfaces that aggregate multiple agency interactions into one accessible platform, reducing friction and leakage.
Mobile-first delivery
Service delivery optimised for the smartphone-heavy demographics of Nigeria's younger population, including USSD fallback for low-connectivity areas.
How state engagements get financed.
State budget allocation
Direct contract from Ministry of Finance or Economic Planning using the annual capital or recurrent budget allocation.
World Bank / AfDB state grants
Several active IDA and AfDB programmes include sub-national digital capacity components. HAPSS helps states access and deploy these funds compliantly.
Bilateral donor co-funding
USAID, EU, FCDO, and GIZ programmes frequently co-fund technical assistance in states where donor priorities align. HAPSS coordinates these structures.
FAAC-backed financing
State borrowing against FAAC receipts for multi-year digital infrastructure programmes, structured to align repayment with IGR improvement targets.
Performance-based financing
Output-linked structures where payment is tied to verified milestones, reducing upfront state budget risk and enabling access to results-based financing windows.
Multi-state consortium
Regional coordination across multiple states (e.g. geo-political zones) to achieve economies of scale and unlock regional development finance windows.
Start with a no-commitment conversation.
We work with state government liaisons, commissioners, and their advisors. The first conversation is always about your specific mandate, not our product.