Participants at the training Journalists have been tasked to hold government and other stakeholders accountable on issues of gender inclusivity especially for Persons With Disabilities, (PWDs), women and girls. Executive Director, Gender Strategy Advancement International, (GSAI), Adara Sydney-Jack, made the call at a one-day Inclusive Investigation Training on Accountability in Accountability in Governance for Reporters […]
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Michael Olugbode in Abuja
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most Revd (Dr) Matthew Hassan Kukah, has blamed the civil society for the countryâs current situation, saying it would not have arisen had they not gone to bed early after the country returned to civil rule.
Kukah, however, said it was the situation that allowed the room for charlatans in power.
âThe civil society, which paraded men like Olisa Agbakoba, the late Beko Ransome-Kuti, Clement Nwankwo, Chidi Odinkalu and others, went to bed after it succeeded in ushering democracy in the country and allowed the kind of characters we now have in government in the country whom with their misrule have brought Nigeria to a near precipice,â he said.
By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Friday, said despite the challenges facing the nation, the unity of Nigeria should not be trivialised.
Ibrahim, who spoke during a two-day training program for corps members on citizenship, conflict resolution, and nation-building by Lux Terra Network and Advocacy Group in Abuja, however, noted that poor governance was the bane of any society.
So, he urged the corps members to contribute to the quest for nation-building, stressing that among them were future presidents and leaders of Nigeria.
He said, “The unity of Nigeria cannot be trivialised, regardless of the challenges we currently face.