About 70 percent of Nigeria’s federal budget is spent on public service officials. Nextier works with governments and various policy communities to think through how to reform the service and improve government outcomes.

• With DFID’s Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) support, Nextier convened “Roadmap Nigeria,” a network that leverages evidence to facilitate governance reform. The network is a meeting point for stakeholders who can act and influence policies. The platform enables interactions with communities of practice and policy communities on governance reform in Nigeria. The objective is to set reform agenda, birth new ideas, refine old ones, and formulate innovation for reform in governance. It strives to be a knowledge resource on various aspects of governance reform and the latest ideas from academia and practitioners. The network includes senior officials, knowledge producers, policy entrepreneurs, etc.
  
  
• Nextier, with support from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), completed a study on the challenges faced by professionals who transitioned from non-public sector organisations to work in government and how best to improve their effectiveness. The study is the basis for efforts to create a platform to support such professionals to improve their delivery of sustainable results while in government.
  
  
• Nextier advised a state government to create a functional delivery unit focused exclusively on driving the bureaucracy to deliver results and improved outcomes. The plan included building a small team of dedicated and competent people, tools, and processes for delivering their mandate

Nextier advises government agencies on how to respond to challenges in the petroleum industry, from advisory support on the Petroleum Industry Bill to strategies for using markets to address the gas flaring challenge. The team works with its clients and partners to develop the right policy options for sustained results.

• The Facility for Oil Sector Transformation and Reform (FOSTER) – a DFID programme – engaged Nextier to provide policy advice to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the Petroleum Industry Bill. Nextier worked with NNPC, the 7th and 8th National Assemblies, and various agencies to review and improve the Petroleum Industry Bill. Nextier hosted several industry engagements to advocate for specific provisions in the bill.
• Nextier worked with NNPC to organise industry events to review and recommend improvements to the Gas-Flare Commercialisation plans. This output was a market-driven solution to end gas flares in the petroleum industry.
• Nextier has worked with various government agencies to advise on the best model for reforming Nigeria’s fuel subsidy regime. The output includes a political economy analysis and a roadmap for reforming the subsidy regime.
• With support from the European Commission, Nextier worked with various stakeholders in the Niger Delta to develop a community-based pipeline surveillance programme to reduce the incidents of pipeline vandalisation. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation adopted the report and established a team to implement the plan

Data and analysis evidence effective policies. Nextier works with its clients to identify their core needs, research to obtain and analyse
evidence to inform “best choice comparison” of policy options and select the best options to address the issue.

• Following the 2012 Presidential Retreat on Sports, the Federal Ministry of Finance engaged Nextier to conduct a strategic review of Nigeria’s
  National Lottery as a potential source of funding for sports development in Nigeria. Nextier proposed revitalising the lottery and how to apply the proceeds for sports development in Nigeria
  
  
• The Central Bank of Nigeria engaged Nextier to review and design a framework for financing small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. The output included a review of SME financing institutions and structures in Nigeria, financing constraints, critical elements of a solution, and the design of a new framework for SME financing in Nigeria.
  
  
• Nextier, in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Economics in Africa, was engaged by the Think Tank Initiative (a U.S.-based organisation) to research how to redesign Nigeria’s job creation strategy. The output was used to inform policy analysis on Nigeria’s significant challenge.

Nextier works with federal and state investment promotion agencies and other government agencies to encourage, promote, and coordinate
investments. Our capabilities cover the full range, including sector prioritisation, investor targeting, investment facilitation, policy advocacy, after-care, etc.

• Nextier was engaged by DFID’s GEMS3 programme to implement an enterprise-wide transformation of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission. This project included the creation of an investment promotion strategy, image building, policy advocacy, organisation redesign, and curating investment promotion programmes.
  
  
• The Federal Ministry of Agriculture set up a Staple Crops Processing Zone in Kogi State with a focus on the industrial processing of cassava. With support from GEMS 3 (a DFID programme), the Ministry engaged Nextier to manage a process to secure investors and processing plants for the industrial park.
  
  
• Nextier was subcontracted to oversee the design of a master plan for oil and gas industrial parks in the Niger Delta. The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board used the project output to guide their financial investment decision. The project scope included developing the financial, technical, environmental, marketing, community engagement, project management, and operational requirements.

We have deep experience in finance. We help governments and their agencies improve their financial position through an increase in internally generated revenues (IGR) or improvements in financial efficiencies. Investors rely on us to understand opportunities in the Nigerian market.

• The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion engaged Nextier to create strategies to increase its internally generated revenue (IGR). The project entailed a strategy for improving its institutional capacity (people, process, and technology) to increase internally generated revenues from registration dues.
  
  
• Nextier worked with the Government of Enugu State to attract Private Estates International, a South African real estate developer, to invest in constructing a new city on 1,100 hectares of land in Enugu. The investors are already in the process of building the city.
  
  
• Headquartered in California, PVTech Inc. is a multinational vertically integrated solar cell fabrication and module assembly firm. With a presence in Botswana, Kenya, Kenya, and Sudan, PVTech engaged Nextier to help explore renewable energy opportunities in Nigeria. Nextier analysis advised against setting up the plant.

Nextier works with its clients to improve project outcomes by measuring activities’ relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and impact against specified objectives. Depending on the project, Nextier can set up a process to provide early information on the status of ongoing projects.

• Nextier was subcontracted to conduct a mid-term review of the USAID Early Warning and Response Design Support programme, including an assessment of the adequacy of programme management and implementation structure, systems, coordination, and financial arrangement to deliver the project goals.
  
  
• Nextier was subcontracted to develop a Niger Delta Action Plan for the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, including a comprehensive infrastructure and social sector action plan for the region. Nextier developed the Results Framework used to conduct the project monitoring and evaluation.
  
  
• Nextier was engaged by National Planning Commission to conduct a multi-dimensional baseline study of Nigerian government investments in roads, bridges, and railways through the Subsidy Reinvestment & Empowerment Programme (SURE-P). The project output established the baseline for further impact assessments.

Nextier works with its clients to build successful business models to exploit identified agribusiness opportunities. Nextier works with various players in the value chain to identify and satisfy opportunities for innovation and growth.

• BRACED Commission is the development agency for the states in the South-South region of Nigeria. Nextier worked with the agency’s leadership to develop the agricultural sector development strategy for Nigeria’s south-south region. Nextier also organised an agribusiness summit that brought together farmers and investors to address investment challenges and seek collaboration opportunities.
  
  
• Teragro Nigeria Limited (a subsidiary of Transcorp Pic.) leased a fruit juice concentrate plant from the Benue State (Nigeria) government.
  
  
• Nextier principals developed the feasibility study and led the lease negotiations with the state’s government. The plant remains a major supplier of fruit concentrate to the Nigerian market.
  
  
• Nextier worked with Honeydew Foods Limited to develop its market entry strategy. The ready-to-eat tomato sauce takes advantage of the over 70 percent post-harvest tomato losses to serve Nigeria’s middle-class market