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REGISTER! 2nd African Youth SDGs Summit
Dear Partners, We announce with excitement the official opening of registration for the 2ndAfrican Youth SDGs Summit scheduled to take place in Accra, Ghana from 7-9 November 2018.The high level of interest for the 2018 summit suggests that the tickets will be sold out quickly. We are able to only…
Read More »Why Africa may fail to achieve SDGs by 2030 – Arrey Mbongaya
Arrey Ivo Mbongaya is the founder of the African Centre for Community and Development (ACCD) which works in diverse areas of sustainable development including conservation, environment, eco-tourism, agriculture in Cameroon What inspired the founding of the African Centre for Community and Development and how far have you gone…
Read More »“Releases major hindrance to health budget performance in Kano”
Irregular budget releases and cash backing are the major factors militating against the performance of health sector budget in Kano State, says Hafsat Kolo, co-chair of the Accountability Mechanism on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Kano State (AMMKaS); a coalition of civil society and media organisations as well government…
Read More »INTERVIEW: “Safe, sustainable cities would drive SDGs, accelerate development
Lot Kaduma, a member of the UN Major Group for Children & Youth Habitat III Working Group for West & Central Africa, is also the founder of Urban Future Project, a youth-led advocacy initiative focused on achieving inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities in Africa, in accordance with Goal 11…
Read More »“Service charter will help Kano SERVICOM enforce its mandate”
Coming up with a service charter will empower the Kano State SERVICOM Directorate to more effectively discharge its responsibility of ensuring citizens have access to better services from government ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) in the state, says Abdullahi Musa, permanent secretary at the Kano State Service Compact (SERVICOM) Directorate.…
Read More »APPLY! ONE Nigeria Champions Program
This is a voluntary program where ONE will recruit, train, and support 50 emerging leaders approximately between 18-35 years of age who will Champion causes ONE supports at the grassroots, state and federal level in Nigeria. ONE advocates and campaigns on education, gender, health, agriculture and transparency as a means to…
Read More »As Kano develops a teacher policy
Kano State is coming up with all-inclusive Teacher Policy covering issues as diverse as teachers’ attitude, quality assurance and continues professional development, with the support of development partners such as UK Department for International Development-funded Partnership to Reform, Engage and Learn (PERL) and the Educating Nigerian Girls in New Enterprises…
Read More »CHR commends Gates, Dangote for supporting funding for Immunization in Nigeria, urge rich Nigerians to emulate them
The Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR), a Nigerian NGO committed to research, budget advocacy and accountability in maternal newborn and child health, has commended the duo of Mr. Bill Gates and Alhaji Aliko Dangote for supporting and signing the extension of their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the governments…
Read More »“Why there would be voter apathy in Kano come 2019”
As the 2019 general elections draws closer, unchecked excesses of followers of political parties in the form of political violence, intimidation and harassment of citizens could lead to voter apathy in the forthcoming elections in Kano state, says Ubale Jakada Kiru, a former member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives. Kiru,…
Read More »INTERVIEW: “How we’re championing the #SDGs in rural Nigerian communities”
Semiye Michael is the chief executive of Dean Initiative, an NGO focused on bringing development to marginalised rural communities in Nigeria by empowering citizens with the right information to hold leaders accountable. How has the experience trying to empower marginalized communities with the right information to hold leaders accountable been?…
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