The First Police Citizen Dialogue

The Nigeria Network of NGOs (NNNGO) in partnership with the Citizens Engagement Thematic Working Group of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and the NationalOrientation Agency (NOA) with funding support from Heinrich Böll Foundation held the first police-citizen dialogue on September 22, 2022, in Abuja.

This dialogue provides key stakeholders from multiple contexts and practitioners to come together, sharing their thoughts and experiences on the focus of the dialogue while providing a space for joint reflection and in-depth discussion between the police and civil society around shared themes of democratic policing, shrinking civic space, citizens’ engagement, human rights, and the protection of civil and political rights.

The dialogue has proven to be fruitful and has been established as a model for effective police citizens’ engagement, serving as a blueprint and guide as to how to implement future and similar dialogues at the sub-national level.