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DFID-PERL engages Kano village heads on budget and project monitoring
As part of its series of engagements with village heads on partnering Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and government agencies towards effective participation in budget process and monitoring of projects in Kano State, the Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) program Tuesday hosted a session with village heads from across…
Read More »How Renovation of Healthcare Facilities by MNCH2 is improving uptake of RMNCH services in Kano state
The 5-year UK-DFID-funded Maternal, Newborn and Child Health the MNCH2 programme has renovated 112 healthcare facilities at the cost of over NGN 0.6 billion aimed at improving access to healthcare service especially at the lower tier of care services The 5-year UK-DFID-funded Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH2) programme working…
Read More »“Corruption to blame for poverty, underdevelopment in Nigeria”
Corruption is the greatest hindrance to achieving sustainable development in Nigeria including the government’s ability to deal with poverty and provide critically-important services and infrastructure like water, roads, and healthcare services, says Jimoh Sulahiman, a certified corruption risk assessor at the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC).…
Read More »Nigerian Youth SDG Network to recognize ‘100 Youth SDG Champions’
The Nigerian Youth SDG Network is set to recognize the work of 100 outstanding young Nigerians working towards the successful realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) across Nigeria, says Joshua Alade, the Network’s projects coordinator. “There are excellent yet hidden young SDG champions in our country who have been…
Read More »Leveraging social media to drive accountability for the SDGs in Nigeria
On Friday, March 2nd, the Nigerian Youth SDGs Network hosted a session on the theme “Social Media as a Tool to Achieve the 2030 Agenda” at the 6th Social Media Week Lagos which lasted between February 26 to March 2, 2018 at Lagos, Nigeria This year’s Social Media Week themed…
Read More »CODE hosts interactive session on #FollowTheMoney with NGOs in Kano
Connected Development (CODE), a non-governmental organization (NGO) whose mission is to empower marginalized communities in Africa, in partnership with the Office of the Special Adviser to Kano State Government on NGOs Saturday held an interactive session on budget tracking and the role of non-governmental organizations in tracking community budgets in…
Read More »OPINION: Focusing on schoolgirl abductions distorts the view of life in Nigeria, By Chitra Nagarajan
It is simplistic to imply that all victims are female or that women are not active agents in domestic and community life Once again, abducted Nigerian schoolgirls are making international headlines. Last Monday, 110 girls were taken from the Government Girls Science and Technical School in the town of Dapchi in…
Read More »Kano environment commissioner calls for cooperation of World Bank-NEWMAP project communities
Kano state commissioner for environment and chairman of the State Steering Committee (SSC) for the World Bank-funded Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project ((NEWMAP) Dr. Ali Haruna Makoda, has enjoined the NEWMAP project communities to make good use of the “golden opportunity” presented to them by the intervention which is…
Read More »2018 budget: YIAGA Africa lauds increased funding for women, urge monitoring
The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA Africa) has lauded the increase in budgetary allocations specifically targeting women and girls in the 2018 appropriation bill, urging for improved monitoring and evaluation of such allocations. This was the outcome of the 2018 Budget Gender Review conducted by YIAGA Africa’s…
Read More »Day OCCEN hosted town-hall meeting on OGP in Kaduna
The Organization for Community Civic Engagement’s Kaduna town-hall meeting was attended by diverse civil society, youth and citizens groups and featured passionate discussions about the Open Government Partnership (OGP) process Shortly after Nigeria joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP) process in 2016, Kaduna state also joined the process making it…
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OP-ED | The Sanitation Gap in Africa’s Progress, By Julia Baum & Jakkie Cilliers
Behind Africa’s poor sanitation and safe water statistics lies a development crisis—one that is …
