Tag: CSOs

Insecurity: CSO threatens protest, gives Buhari 2-week ultimatum to sack Monguno

Aminu Imam

A civil society organisation (CSO), The Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA), has threatened to occupy the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to sack him. The group had earlier asked the NSA, Babagana Monguno, to resign over the insecurity in the country. On Sunday, a Senator representing Niger-East, Sani Musa, also criticised the NSA for not being the first to inform President Buhari of a threat by bandits to kidnap him. In a statement issued on Monday, signed by the AYA spokesman, Mohammed Danlami, the…

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Terrorist attacks: ‘FG aloof, detached from reality on the ground’ CSOs

Aminu Imam

Some Civil Society Organisations, (CSOs), have described the Buhari administration as being primed for failure by refusing to act swiftly to events of attacks by bandits terrorising the country. According to them, terrorism, insurgency, and banditry did not start under Buhari; however, they say it is to his eternal discredit that all have escalated almost beyond control on his watch. The civil society groups said the major and persistent posture of Presidency officials has been to live in denial and blame their predecessors. They further accuse him of not taking…

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CSOs express sadness over high cost of fuel, epileptic power supply, and soaring food prices

Aminu Imam

As Nigerians continue to get frustrated daily by the harsh economic situation, Civil Society Organisations, (CSOs), have expressed sadness over high cost of Premium Motor Spirit, (PMS), diesel, poor power supply, and soaring food prices coupled with the depreciating security situation in the country. Speaking with newsmen on Monday, the CSOs, including Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, (CISLAC), One Love Foundation, (OLF), and Concerned Nigerians, (CN), said Nigerians are currently at the lowest ebb, as more are being pushed into poverty and misery. According to the CISLAC Executive Director, Auwal…

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Electoral Act: CSOs kick over mounting pressure on NASS to delete Section 84 (10)

Aminu Imam

Some Civil Society Organisations, (CSOs) in Nigeria have expressed their alarm over the mounting political pressure on the National Assembly to undo some of the progressive elements of the Amended Electoral Bill, specifically the section preventing political appointees from participating in the party candidate nomination process, either as aspirants or delegates. Recall that Section 84 (10) of the Amended Electoral Act ruled out political appointees from taking part in partisan contests as a voting delegate or aspirant with a provision that read: No political appointee at any level shall be…

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‘Resign!; 25 civil society groups urge NNPC GMD, Kyari, Farouk Ahmed over lingering fuel crisis

Aminu Imam

No fewer than twenty-five civil society organisations (CSOs) of northern extraction under a coalition of ‘Concerned Northern Forum’ yesterday called for the resignations of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd, (NNPC), Mele Kyari, and the CEO of the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, (NMDPRA), Engr. Farouk Ahmed, over the lingering fuel crisis being experienced across the nation. Recall that the country has for the past three weeks been thrown into fuel scarcity due to imported adulterated fuel, causing long queues at petrol-filling stations.…

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Electoral Bill: 26 Civil Society groups declare Feb. 22 as National Day of Protest

Aminu Imam

Gives Buhari next week Tuesday to assent to Bill As Nigerians are becoming anxious about the electoral process ahead of the 2023 general elections, 26 Civil Society groups, (CSOs), yesterday, declared Tuesday, Feb. 22, as ‘National Day of Protest’, following the delay by President Muhammadu Buhari to assent the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill. In an issued statement, the groups also gave next week Tuesday as an ultimatum for President Buhari to sign the Bill based on dates announced for the 2023 elections, if they are to be maintained. The 26…

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23 CSOs raise concerns as hope dims for amended Electoral Bill

Aminu Imam

INEC may have to postpone 2023 elections if President assents to Bill after Feb. 22 With a few days to the deadline, before which the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), is expected by law to release the Notice of Election for the 2023 general elections, the hope that President Muhammadu Buhari will assent to the Electoral Act (amendment Bill appears dim, as 23 civil society groups, yesterday expressed fear that the same fate that befell previous attempts to amend Nigerias election law awaits this latest version. Recall that since 2018,…

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Dont simply lament, get involved INEC advises voters

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has implored Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the citizens, specially youths, to get involved in deepening the countrys democracy. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at the commissions consultative meeting with CSOs on Wednesday in Abuja, said that citizens should not just lament but get involved in the democratic process. Yakubu  advised CSOs to sensitise voters, especially the youth who constituted the larger percentage in the voter register, to come out and vote on election days. He disclosed that as at Jan. 17  a total…

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Electoral Act: CSOs give Buhari, NASS ultimatum to pass Amendment Bill into law

Aminu Imam

’Override Buharis veto or delete areas of complaints’ – PDP tells lawmakers A coalition of leading Civil Society Organisations, (CSOs), working for the perfection of the electoral system in Nigeria have urged the legislature and President Muhammadu Buhari to conclude the process of the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill by January, 31. The CSOs, who made their appeal yesterday in Abuja, during a news conference, also said that any further delay on the conclusion of the Electoral Act amendment process was inimical to the preparations for Ekiti and Osun States off-cycle…

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Electoral Act: CSOs express confidence in Buhari, demand representation

Aminu Imam

The Civil Society Partners on Electoral Reform have said that there are strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign the Electoral Act Bill into law very soon. The group expressed its confidence in an open letter to the President, while demanding for representation of groups at the Electoral Bill signing ceremony. The CSOs made the statement in an open letter to President Buhari yesterday, signed by the ‘Adopt A Goal for Development Initiative, Executive Director, Ariyo-Dare Atoye, Maryam Ahmed, of Centre for Liberty, Jude Feranmi, of Raising New Voices,…

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