Governance and Civic Engagement
The Governance and Civic Engagement programme seeks to strengthen democratic institutions, enhance governance transparency, foster active citizenship, and promote sustainable development.
- • Governance Innovation Lab: Experimenting with new approaches and technologies to enhance domestic accountability in line with local democratic contexts.
• SDG Collaborative Action Forum: A platform for collaboration on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), involving a variety of stakeholders that include government, the private sector, and civil society.
• Civic Engagement and Rights Protection Initiative: Supports journalists and activists, fostering public dialogue on civic rights and responsibilities to ensure active participation in governance.
• Citizen-Led Accountability Initiative: Provides physical and virtual platforms for citizen-led action to promote accountability in Nigeria.
• Strategic Convenings: High-level national and international dialogues focused on addressing the most difficult policy, democratic, and nation-building challenges facing Nigeria and Africa.
Lost Dreams
The lack of accountability in management of the sexual, physical and mental health of millions of children in schools in Nigeria is frankly callous. A Cable News investigation on the health crisis at Queens College, Lagos in 2017 revealed that deteriorating infrastructure put at least 1,200 students at risk and led to the death of three young girls.
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