From crisis response to anticipatory governance across Nigeria's 36 states + FCT.
The NGF Futures Lab is where sub-national data, strategic foresight and policy innovation meet, built with state governments, anchored at the NGF Secretariat.
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A new operating system for sub-national governance.
The NGF Futures Lab is the Secretariat's intelligence arm. It brings together state-reported data, advanced analytics, scenario modelling and applied research into a single environment, so that governors, commissioners and PRS units can move from reacting to events to shaping the next decade.
- A shared evidence base across all 36 states + FCT
- Foresight tools embedded in budget and planning cycles
- Innovation pilots that travel between states
- Capacity building for state analytical units
Measure. Analyse. Foresee. Innovate.
The Lab is structured around four reinforcing pillars, each one answering a different question states ask about their future.
Measure
Sub-National Resilience Index, sectoral KPIs and a unified data layer across 36 states.
Analyse
Comparative analytics, peer benchmarking and AI-generated insights for policy makers.
Foresee
Scenario planning to 2032, early-warning alerts and predictive risk modelling.
Innovate
Living Labs, applied research and innovation pilots that travel between states.
A continuous loop between states and the Secretariat.
States Report
PRS units submit periodic survey instruments through their secure state workspace. Validation, attachments and audit trail built in.
Lab Analyses
Data flows into the NGF Command Centre. Analysts, models and AI work together, comparing states, scoring resilience, surfacing anomalies.
Insights Return
Briefs, dashboards, alerts and policy recommendations flow back to governors and state PRS teams, closing the loop.
Eight themes. One coherent picture.
The Lab tracks the full spectrum of sub-national resilience, from today's fiscal pressures to tomorrow's climate and digital transitions.
The Sub-National Resilience Index.
The SNRI is the Lab's flagship composite measure, bringing together fiscal, human, environmental and institutional dimensions into a single comparable score for every Nigerian state.
- Twelve weighted indicators across six dimensions
- Updated each reporting cycle from state submissions
- Letter grade, peer rank and year-on-year trend
- Drill-down to underlying drivers and gaps
Latest research and reports.
Working papers, foresight studies and policy briefs, covering all 36 states and the FCT.
State of Sub-National Resilience 2026
The 2026 SNRI scoring all 36 states + FCT, with new climate and digital readiness metrics.
Read moreNigeria 2032: Four Scenarios
A decade-out scenario set built with state PRS units and the Lab's foresight panel.
Read moreHuman Capital Pressure Points
A 37-state snapshot on labour, learning and demographic risks.
Read morePress releases and announcements.
Your state, in the national picture.
A dedicated workspace for your PRS unit. Submit reporting cycles, see your dashboard, benchmark against peers, and tap into the Lab's knowledge base. Your data is yours; aggregated views power the national picture.
Built by the NGF Secretariat. With the states. For Nigeria.
The Futures Lab is anchored at the NGF Economic Intelligence Unit and delivered in partnership with development organisations and state PRS departments across all six geo-political zones.