The Director of Programmes of the British Council, Chikodi Onyeremela, made the call in Abuja on Tuesday.
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This is because of the resounding successes they recorded in 2023, especially retaining the British Council recognition
Plang made this call at the 6th National Conference of the Sexual Assaults Referral Centers and International Human Rights Day held in Abuja on December 9 and 10, 2020, organised by ROLAC Programme of the British Council and funded by the European Union.
Adefisayo said this while discussing the plans of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu Administration for education on an online show, Covinspiration, moderated by Special Representative to the United Nations and British Council Global Change-maker, Dayo Israel
The British Council through the support of the European Union Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme has trained a group of social workers and counsellors as well as medical personnel in the Federal Capital Territory on sexual trauma counselling and forensic medical examination and documentation.
The programme was designed by the European Union in response to the identified need to invest in and engage with Civil Society Organisation in the country.
The governor made this known while declaring open the Network of Justice Reform Team conference on Tuesday in Benin.
For ROLAC, an anti-corruption programme funded by the European Union, but managed by the British Council, the journey started with an assessment of the use and implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2011
The International School Award is a badge of honour for schools that showcase outstanding work in international education, such as through links with partner schools overseas.
According to the letter, signed by the Council’s Project Officer in charge of Schools Education, Olumide Akintunde: “We are pleased to inform you that your school’s ISA portfolio has been assessed, and your school has successfully been awarded the British Council International School Award (ISA) for the 2016/2017 round.”
The programme, tagged: “Fast Forward,” an initiative co-funded by both the British Council in Nigeria and the MacArthur Foundation, is designed to equip young Nigerians with required employability skills and plug practical-knowledge gaps using the work-based learning approach for 1,000 beneficiaries across Lagos, Rivers and Cross River States
The Minister made the disclosure in Abuja on Thursday when he received the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, on a courtesy visit to his office
The fibreglass artwork, six metres high by three metres wide, forms part of a series of important large-scale works that marked a new departure Yinka Shonibare by working in fibre-glass and steel
The agreement was signed in Edinburgh, Scotland on the sidelines of the ongoing 2016 Edinburgh International Festival Summit
The group, in collaboration with the Bayelsa State Peace and Conflict Management Alliance, decried what it described as the increasing spate of attacks by herdsmen across Nigeria
He said: “In some few months from now, we will be organising an alumni event basically for Nigerians who have been to the UK to study and now are back to contribute their quota to the country’s development
It featured pieces by the participating companies: the UK’s leading physically integrated dance company, Candoco; leading Nigerian dance company, QDance Center, which is led by Nigerian choreographer, Qudus Onikeku; as well as Ijodee Dance, another leading Nigerian dance company led by Dayo Liadi.
The statement listed the beneficiaries as Dr. Anozoeze Madu and Dr. Vincent Chigor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; and Dr. Rowland Kayode and Dr. Temilade Sesan of the Universities of Ilorin and Ibadan respectively
Omovie said that the recipients would be visiting and undertaking their projects between 2014 and 2015