Tag: ActionAid Nigeria

Nigeria loses about half of its perishable export goods yearly due to a dearth of cold chain technology at airports, ...

“Regrettably, the voter turnout for the election was low, it is obvious that voter apathy has set in given what ...

ActionAid says rising public debt, unemployment, inflation, and high cost of living require the immediate embracing of fiscal federalism in ...

Whereas the size of Nigeria’s budget has increased since 2016, the allocation to education has been on the decline.

The organisation opposes the decision of the OEDC to set a global minimum tax rate of 15%.

ActionAid is requesting that the government revises and increases allocation for education to between 15 and 20 per cent of ...

The group also rejected the ban of the protests by the federal capital territory authority.

The official said the development is at variance with the 10 per cent agreed upon by African Heads of State ...

ActionAid say it it hopes the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) would defend the rights of PWDs as ...

The government also said it has secured the conviction of over 1,400 persons.

ActionAid says the current trend of indictment corroborates its previous study that corruption contributes to poverty in Nigeria.

The NAS said the lockdown should be national, with uniform regulations, and led by the federal government.

ActionAid backs Transparency International's CPI which ranked Nigeria 146th out of 180 countries.

The government is planning to introduce another long-term development plan to guide its programmes and activities

The organisation believes the war against corruption, violence and other social vices in Nigeria cannot be fought by government alone.

The lawyer says the detention is illegal.

The NGO calls on President Muhammadu Buhari to protect farmers and food supplies from global warming.

They spoke at a campaign called 16 Days of Activism, which began on November 26.

The organisation said the government should prioritise the safe return of all civilians abducted by the insurgents.

Drawn from different media organisations across Nigeria, the journalists were converged in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, for the two-day training.

The event is put together by Convention on Business Integrity (CBI) in association with BusinessDay Newspapers, Nigeria Economic Summit Group ...

Group says talented artists in rural communities live on peanuts as proceeds.

They decry the current allocation of two per cent of the 2018 budget to the agriculture sector.

ActionAid asked the federal government to include a Transparent Accountability Framework.

“Nigerians are dissatisfied with how the federal structure operates,” the group stated.