The Convener of the group, Dr. Gbenga Abimbola, said this on Monday at a press conference in Akure, the state capital.
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A Civil Society Organisation in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert, has disclosed its plan to monitor the implementation of the decongestion of country’s Correctional Centres as part of measures to prevent the outbreak and spread of Coronavirus Disease in prisons.
The European Union in collaboration with the British Council have launched a programme tagged Agents for Citizen-driven Transformation in Nigeria as part of moves to promote good governance and ensure service delivery to the citizens.
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idrsis Wase, says that the National Assembly will work with the Civil Society Organisations to improve on the security challenges facing the nation.
Ahead of 2019 elections, civil society organisations, have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to march his words with action by ensuring free, fair and credible elections.
A Group of Civil Society Organisations on Monday described the present situation and circumstances of youths at the Internally Displaced Persons camps across the country as hopeless and worrisome.
Three Civil Society Organisations on Monday declared the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti as free, fair and credible, contrary to the claims in some quarters.
Members of the NUJ, NYSC, Civil Society Organisations as well as students and officials of the Ado-Ekiti Campus of the International Institute of Journalism participated in the walk.
The rights groups said it was aimed at establishing deep public perception of the socio-political developments in the State in the last eight years.
They also called on the leadership of the House of Representatives to speed up the passage of the act to enable President Muhammadu Buhari append his signature.
He said: “CSOs and the media have played great roles in the promotion of democracy, bridged the gap between the electorate and the government, as watchdogs.
Chairman, Partners for Electoral Reform, Ezenwa Nwagwu and Executive Director of CISLAC, Auwal Rafsanjani, made the call at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja.
The CSOs said there was the need to scrutinise spending of the money which was returned by the Switzerland Government to ensure transparency and accountability.
Amosun made this known while fielding questions from members of Civil Society Organisations who held an interactive session with him at the June 12 Cultural Centre in Abeokuta.
The CSOs’ resolution was reached at an extraordinary meeting of Civil Society Leaders held on Saturday in Freetown.
The groups said Abubakar’s case presents the worse narrative of having an incompetent, corrupt and disloyal Nigerian occupying one of the country’s most strategic positions.
He reiterated that Nigerians must not see the anti-corruption fight as President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight or the All Progressives Congress’ fight.
This was made known at a stakeholders’ interactive session held at Airport Hotel, Lagos State to review the draft report of survey on the implementation by the Nigeria Police Force of the Lagos State Administration of Criminal Justice (Repeal & Re-Enactment Law No. 37 of 2011).
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 earnings of senators.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that rallies were held on major streets of the state capital with sympathisers of the All Progressives Congress and Civil Society Organisations leading the rally.