Tag: CSOs
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Boko Haram: CSOs write Buhari, insist Buratai must account for spending on Lafiya Dole, Crocodile Smile
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Enough is Enough (EiE), and BudgIT have sent a jointFreedom of Information request to Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria, requesting him to use his good offices and leadership position to “urgently provide information on the 2015, 2016 and 2017 budget implementation reports of…
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2019: CSOs protest at US Embassy, accuse service chiefs of pledging loyalty to APC
A coalition of civil society groups on Friday protested at the Embassy of the United States in Abuja, against the presence of the service chiefs at the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election campaign at the Presidential Villa last Sunday. The group said the presence of the heads of security agencies at the event meant…
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Malala Fund, 30 CSOs urge reps to make senior secondary school education compulsory
More than 30 Civil Society Organisations across the country — including Malala Fund and ONE Campaign — call on the House of Representatives to extend the right to free education to senior secondary school. This was revealed in a letter written and signed by Malala Fund and other concerned CSOs. The letter was sent to…
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CSOs urge eligible voters in Anambra to register with INEC
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on eligible voters in Anambra to register with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the end of the current phase of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The groups made the call in Awka during a one-day sensitisation workshop on Electoral Participation for youths on Sunday. Mrs Chioma Okeke,…
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Outrageous pay: Saraki bows to pressure, invites SERAP, other CSOs
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has invited Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to a roundtable over the “contentious” salaries of lawmakers, his media aide, Bamikole Omishore, has said. Omishore, the Special Adviser to Saraki on New Media, via a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, said the meeting would be to give more details on the…