Tag: CSOs
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Buhari inaugurates Eyemark to empower citizens to monitor capital projects real-time
President Muhammadu Buhari says the government is edging forward in promoting sustainable development by creating a digital application, Eyemark, that enables citizens to monitor and evaluate capital projects in real-time. Eyemark is an application that provides unimpeded access to information on stakeholders including contract terms and the contractors. The president stated this on Wednesday when…
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Anti-Corruption Day: Fight corruption with zeal of a true General, CSOs advise Buhari
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2023: CSOs, northern youths back Anyim for President
No fewer than 30 youth groups and Civil Society Organisations in the Northern part of the country have likened the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, and Northern Elders Forum, NEF, to armies without combatants, ahead of the race to the Aso Rock Villa come 2023. The groups which met under the aegis of Arewa Concerned Civil…
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Coalition of CSOs commends NCC for digital economy initiatives
Coalition of CSOs commends NCC for digital economy initiatives
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CSOs in oil producing states petition Buhari on implementation of NDDC forensic report
By Emman Ovuakporie A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in six oil producing states have in different petitions demand for an immediate implementation of the forensic audit report carried out in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC and prosecution of the culprits who milked the interventionist body dry. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports of such non…
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FIRS takes tax battle to NGOs, threatens sanctions
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said all Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are expected to register for tax purposes and obtain Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN).
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Why exclusion of CSOs from 2020 marginal oil fields bid is bad for process
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has decried their exclusion from the proposed Marginal Oil fields’ bid rounds announced by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). The group’s protest was contained in a letter to the DPR, jointly signed by the National Coordinator, Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Nigeria, Peter Egbule; Executive Director Centre…
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CSOs decry ‘executive lawlessness and political intolerance’ under Buhari
Nine Nigerian civil society organisations (CSOs) have expressed deep concern at what they term “practices by the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari which collectively have established a growing culture of executive lawlessness and intolerance that is eroding [human] rights and liberties and, if uncorrected, is certain to undermine the principles of democratic governance in the…
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CSOs to Ninth NASS: Give teeth to fight against graft
From Jonas Ike, Abuja Civil Society Organisations CSOs on Wednesday called on the Senate President Sen.Dr. Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker, House of Representatives Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila to ensure that the 9th National Assembly under their leadership give fight against corruption all the necessary legal backing to succeed. Executive Director Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre…