The British Council in collaboration with the European Union (EU) has empowered 273 Civil Society Organisation (CSO) on capacity building and sustainable development.
The British Council in collaboration with the European Union has empowered 273 Civil Society Organisation on capacity building and sustainable development.
The Guardian learnt that the five-year programme, which started in 2019 focused on states across the country and aimed to support CSOs become more credible, effective and accountable agents of sustainable development in the country. “Rivers state is one of the states that we started implementing the programme in our phase two launch in 2020. We worked with 21 CSOs in Rivers state by supporting them to build and increase their capacity from where we met them. The CSOs have testified to the support that ACT has impacted on their organisations.
Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, lauded the project and stressed the need for its expansion. Justice Abubakar Kutigi of a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory , yesterday, discharged former Attorney-General of the Federation , Mohammed Bello Adoke and six others.
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