A report by United States-based think-tank, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has said Nigerias top power brokers have cultivated a new generation of pro-government Non-Governmental Organisations, (NGOs), which, according to it, masquerade as authentic civil society groups, singing the praises of top officials and attacking their critics. The report, conducted by a non-resident scholar at the institution, Matthew T. Page, published on Monday, in its website, noted that Nigerias dynamic and expansive civil society is one of its greatest strengths and is crucial to maintaining what democratic space still exists…
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