General
“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?…
Read More »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 »
SOJO | MS Ladies Closing Family Planning Gap in Kano’s Remote Communities
In the remote villages of Kano State, northern Nigeria, a quiet revolution is unfolding …
