One-Stop Shop for Civil Society Regulations at the Sub-National Level

BACKGROUND

This issue brief is developed to be at the forefront of thinking and building consensus on what a one-stop shop
means to civil society regulatory policies at the sub-national level. Recently civil society organisations have
touted one-stop shops as one of the solutions to the myriad of regulatory directives emanating from ministries
and agencies of governments across different Nigerian states.

 

Regulatory delivery for civil society at the sub-national level is usually not known to be hinged on any state
legislated law, however, research has shown that both the Child Rights Act and Violence Against Persons
Prohibition Act enacted at the state level provide a legal basis for civil society regulations in the areas of
children and women issues. One frequent lament by organisations is the difficulty of partnering with the
government at the state level without registering with the agency in focus, accessing relevant information on
administrative procedures relating to these registrations and their legal basis is often a challenge.

 

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List of NGOs in Nigeria

Searching for a well-updated list of NGOs in Nigeria can be very difficult but many thanks to the Nigeria Network of NGOs (NNNGO) which is the first generic membership body for civil society organisations in Nigeria with over 3495 organisations ranging from small groups working at the local level, to larger networks working at the national level.

 

The list of NGOs in Nigeria facilitated by Network which charged with the objective of identifying, registering, coordinating, building capacity, and mobilizing civil society organisations to promote interconnectivity and bring equity, justice, peace, and development to grassroots communities throughout Nigeria, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

 

The list of NGOs in Nigeria registered with NNNGO is grouped according to the states, thematic areas, and alphabetical order which is stated below: NGO’s Directory by State, NGO’s Directory by Thematic Area, and NGO’s Directory by Alphabetical Order.

 

The followings are the list of NGOs in Nigeria grouped by states

ABIA

  • ABIA NORTH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
  • AFRICA HOPE ALIVE INITIATIVE
  • AFRICOMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTER
  • ANNABELLES BOGI DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (ABDI)
  • ASA-AMATOR AMATEUR WOMEN COUNCIL
  • CECILIA NKEMAKOLAM FOUNDATION
  • CITY TAKERS NETWORK
  • DCOM WORD ACADEMY
  • DESIRABLE-IMPACT
  • DEVELOPMENT GENERATION AFRICA INTERNATIONAL
  • DICK TIGER IHETU FOUNDATION
  • DIPLOMAT YOUTH ORGANISATION

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Below is the list of NGOs in Nigeria grouped by Thematic Areas

ADVOCACY

  • ABONNEMA YOUTH ADVOCACY MOVEMENT
  • AFRICAN VULNERABLE WELFARE EMPATHETIC AND EGALITARIAN SOCIETY OF NIGERIA
  • ANPEZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
  • ELFRIQUE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  • FEDERATION OF OGONI WOMEN
  • IDAMA BELEMA ERE
  • INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
  • KANO NETWORK OF NGOS.
  • KEEPING IT REAL (KIR) FOUNDATION
  • PRIVATE INVESTORS CLUB
  • PROJECT NEW NATION

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The list of NGOs in Nigeria according to Alphabetically order

  • Abibimman Foundation
  • Abraham Adesanya Foundation
  • Abraham’s Children Foundation (ACF)
  • Abraham Omuya Foundation
  • Abia North Industrial Development Initiative
  • Able Reading Group
  • Abuja Children and Youth International Association of Nigeria (ACYIAN)
  • Abuja Metro Junior Chamber
  • Academic Associate Peace Work
  • Academic Associates
  • Accountability Commitment For Innovative Optimism & Excellence Foundation
  • Ace Development Initiatives
  • Achievers Development Centre
  • Achievers’ Multipurpose Cooperative Society

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list of NGOs in Nigeria

The Nigeria Network of NGOs welcomes Ishk Tolaram Foundation As a Member of The Network

Announcing our newest member-organisation Ishk Tolaram Foundation

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The Nigeria Network of NGOs (NNNGO) is pleased to announce the addition of Ishk Tolaram Foundation to its membership.

 

This development will raise the Networks’ profile and signal the start of a relationship that will further strengthen our efforts at building capacity of organisations across the third sector.

 

Oyebisi, B. Oluseyi, Executive Director, Nigeria Network of NGOs welcomed Ishk Tolaram Foundation to the Network noting that “NNNGO is excited at Ishk Tolaram Foundation’s decision to join our membership in the sponsor category as it highlights the value the Foundation places on cross-sector partnerships in strengthening the work of national associations like NNNGO to deliver critical initiatives, projects and programmes for the future of the nonprofit sector.”

 

Thank you @ishktolaram for the important work you do 🌍over as we continue to work together for #sustainabledevelopment

NNNGO welcomes the non inclusion of nonprofits as designated nonfinancial institution in the money laundering and terrorism prevention laws.

NNNGO welcomes the non inclusion of nonprofits as designated nonfinancial institution in the money laundering and terrorism prevention laws.

 

Both the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) ACT, 2022 and Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) ACT, 2022 have removed nonprofits from its definition of designated nonfinancial institutions (DNFI) after years of advocacy.

 

LAGOS, Nigeria. May 18, 2022/NNNGO—The Nigeria Network of NGOs welcomed the non inclusion of nonprofits in the definition of designated nonfinancial intuitions by the Nigerian government in both the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) ACT, 2022 and Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) ACT, 2022 representing an important win for the nonprofit sector and a bold step in creating an enabling environment for the operations of civil society organisations in Nigeria.

 

“I would like to express my excitement and congratulate the National Assembly and Federal Government for creating an enabling environment for civil society to thrive by removing nonprofits from the DNFI list. The inclusion of our sector on the list has hindered the operations of many organisations. With this non inclusion a regulatory burden is taken off organisations in the areas of monthly cash transaction reports and SCUML examination visits. The atmosphere for our work from the moment these laws were signed by Mr. President remains positive” NNNGO Executive Director, Oyebisi. B. Oluseyi said in the early hours of Wednesday morning after a careful review of both laws.

 

There have been some difficult moments in this lengthy advocacy which has seen the Network engaging with regulators, evaluators and the National Assembly from the 8th and 9th Assemblies in line with the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Recommendations and its interpretative notes. The work also done by our friends at Spaces for Change (S4C) and our regulators at the Special Control Unit on Money Laundering in getting to this point is commendable. “I believe this win, driven largely by outcomes of the mutual evaluation for Nigeria demonstrates the country’s ability to focus on its state- building priorities and is an opportunity to improve civic space,” Oyebisi said.

 

“Now its time for other African countries especially countries using the FATF Recommendations to shrink civic space to learn from Nigeria and to work on critical national priorities that still face civil society’’ he added. “There’s much work to be done and we look forward to being the Special Control Unit on Money Laundering’s (SCUML) partners in addressing the vulnerabilities of the sector to money laundering and terrorism financing”.

 

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For further information
Oyindamola Aramide
Communications Lead, Nigeria Network of NGOs
oyindamola.aramide@nnngo.org
+234 906 946 0107

 

About the Nigeria Network of NGOs
NNNGO is the first generic membership organisation for nonprofits in Nigeria dedicated to improving the operational environment for nonprofits. NNNGO brings together more than 3,400 nonprofits from around the country focused on education, health, environment, gender, agriculture, social protection, youth, poverty, good governance, and other areas of progressing national development. Since 1992, NNNGO has worked to advance the common interests of the sector, providing programs that advance national development, civil society legitimacy, transparency, and accountability.

Civic Space & Covid-19

Introduction

The coronavirus pandemic has profound consequences for citizens and businesses across different Nigerian communities as the virus continues to shape local, national, and global agendas towards addressing the triple crisis of health emergency, economy, and political instability. As Nigeria emerged from the lockdown following the COVID-19 crisis, the Nigeria Network of NGOs has been documenting lessons from the measures and the impact they have on civic space. This report is based on two sets of evidence:

 

Open-source tracking of government measures through official press releases and statements issued by national and sub-national governments on their websites and social media handles.

 

Download https://nnngo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/civic-space-Covid-19-1.pdf here :

100 Civil Society Leaders: Celebrating nonprofit leaders inspiring the sector and country with their success stories

Civil society organisations play an important role in the country’s socio-economic life contributing largely to both democracy and development. These organisations are founded and led by individuals with passion for change in a world full of challenges. In honour of such individuals, the Nigeria Network of NGOs with support from Google.org created a platform “100 CSO Leaders” to identify, celebrate and recognise nonprofit leaders who have been game changers within civil society. The recipient of this recognition belongs to different thematic categories like human rights, digital rights, disability and inclusion, good governance, environment, academia, youth development, gender, extractives, civic space, and agriculture to mention a few.

 

To recognise these leaders. a call for application was conducted, and several entities were assessed following rigorous sourcing, nomination, referencing and shortlisting process from an initial list of hundreds of civil society leaders drawn up based on responses to our call, recommendations from organisations and senior sector leaders.

 

Amidst global and national onslaught of constant contestations, growing infringement on rights, shrinking civic space,

conflicting deadlines and schedules, limited access to financial resources, break-neck speed of policies, laws, and regulations, identifying and celebrating these leaders that are using their influence, ideas, example, talent and discoveries to shape our country and world is long overdue.

“It is a privilege to have been associated with the work that led to the identification of these great sector leaders. Learning about their exemplary performance and reading all of their individual profiles have truly enriched me. It is good to see firsthand how these individuals have contributed to civil society’s growth and along the journey inspired others” Oyebisi, B. Oluseyi, Executive Director, Nigeria Network of NGOs said.

This prestigious list (populated on an ongoing basis) celebrates hard work, innovation, achievements and proves how these leaders have pushed boundaries and continuously sought ways to better society. This recognition will play a very important role in growing and inspiring more sector leaders including motivating those recognised to do more for communities they serve.

The list of recipients can be found at https://100.nnngo.org/

 

*** The listing is based on shared and open soured information. The NNNGO team took reasonable approach and measures to get complete and accurate information. However, any lapse or concealment of information or any part thereof that would have impacted our listing or recognition of the leaders in any way is beyond the control of the Network or Google.org. Hence, we assume no responsibility towards the said. This listing does not necessarily mean endorsement by Google.org***

 

Urgent: Reputational Damage by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Matthew T. Page

Urgent: Reputational Damage by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Matthew T. Page

 

Dear Members,

The Nigeria Network of NGOs is bringing to your attention a report published on Wednesday 28 July 2021, listing the Nigeria Network of NGOs as a “fake civil society organisation and pro-government NGO”. The report was published by Matthew T Page a non-resident Fellow at Carnegie Endowment based in Washington DC.

 

In his note (Appendix 3) labelled “Based on analysis of a detailed, author-compiled data set of more than 360 pro-government NGOs It is accessible at: https://tinyurl.com/55bem3n8” and his analysis of NNNGO on serial number 313, the level of “analysis of a detailed, author-compiled data set” that went into this research is revealed when compared with the wealth of information about the Network on our website at www.nnngo.org

 

As part of a formal response, we thought it important to inform our esteemed members, all 3033 of you on this development and to make a clear stand against this publication essentially because it goes against our mission, vision and purpose as an organisation. This report presents a completely wrong image of the Network and its claims, based on lack of evidence or sufficient information as is seen from the dearth of information about the Network.

 

We have launched an official communications strategy to enable us effectively respond to these allegations and have begun the processes to ensuring the allegations are retracted and an official apology issued by the researcher and the publishing organisation by issuing a formal letter addressed to the Interim President of Carnegie Endowment International for Peace. Read the letter here https://nnngo.org/initial-response-to-carnegie-and-mr-t-page-on-fake-civil-society-report/

 

To show your support and stand during this process, we urge that you kindly sign the petition in this link https://nnngo.org/petition-against-defamation/ and share the creatives attached in this email using the hashtags #NNNGOisLegit #IStandWithNNNGO across your media platforms.

 

Thanks, as we continue to count on your loyalty as members of the Nigeria Network of NGOs.

 

Signed
Nigeria Network of NGOs
15, Ramat Crescent,
Ogudu GRA, Lagos

Petition Against Defamation

On Wednesday 28 July 2021, a research report listing the Nigeria Network of NGOs as a “fake civil society organisation and pro-government NGO” was published by Matthew T Page a non-resident Fellow at Carnegie Endowment based in Washington DC.

 

As part of a formal response, we call on Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria and across the world, our members, partners, donors and stakeholders to stand with us against this publication essentially because it goes against our mission, vision and purpose as an organisation. This report presents a completely wrong image of the Network and its claims, based on lack of evidence or sufficient information as is seen from the dearth of information about the Network within the report.

 

We urge that you sign this petition in support of NNNGO as we take a stand against these defamatory allegations

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CALL FOR FACILITATORS

Background
The Nigeria Network of NGOs (NNNGO) is the first generic membership body for civil society organisations in Nigeria that facilitates effective advocacy on issues of poverty and other developmental issues. Through its civil society reforms and strengthening programme, it has constructively engaged regulators and the National Assembly on laws guiding the operations of civil society organisations to improve the operational environment for nonprofits including improving the sector’s transparency and accountability.

 

With the support of Google.org, the Network is currently embarking on a project to build the capacity of nonprofits in Nigeria. It is aimed at addressing the findings (capacity gaps) identified in the Nonprofit Assessment research undertaken by the Nigeria Network of NGOs including the building of digital skills by nonprofit board, executive directors and staff.

 

NNNGO is therefore soliciting interest from experienced facilitators in the nonprofit sector (preferably Executive Directors), to work with the Network in training nonprofit board, Executive Directors and staff, in her events.

 

Scope of Work
The facilitator will work with NNNGO team to carry train nonprofits on three key events viz- Executive Director’s hangout, nonprofit management training and a board conference.
Specifically, the key areas for the events are:

i. Executive Directors hangout: interested facilitators should have experience in Leading nonprofit, Organisational concerns (such as staffing issues, board management, organisational management, time management, planning and strategy, fundraising and succession planning).

ii. Nonprofit management training: the facilitator should have broad insights on key current management issues for nonprofit organisations. Strategic planning, work planning, budgeting, communications, nonprofit friendly digital tools, skills and apps, reporting-narrative and financial management.

iii. Board conference: practical tips will be provided on nonprofit governance- board job description, terms of reference and ways of working, board governance codes and standards, understanding nonprofit audits and measuring the executive director’s performance.

 

Output and Deliverables
The facilitator will work with the NNNGO team in producing the following key deliverables:

i. A power point presentation and tools on related topic

ii. Delivery of training based on the power point presentations.

iii. A report on the event

iv. Analysis of an end of event evaluation survey

 

Duration and Time Schedule
The facilitator can only work in one location of an event, and it is expected to indicate an area of interest that can be handled properly. The events will take place from March through July.

 

Location and Dates for the events
i. Executive Director’s Hangout
Lagos: March 17, 2021
Kano: April 14, 2021
Benin: April 20, 2021

 

ii. Nonprofit Management Training
Port-Harcourt: May 3 – 7, 2021
Abuja: May 23 – 27, 2021
Ibadan: June 14 – 16, 2021

 

iii. Nonprofit Board Conference
Lagos: July 15, 2021

 

Reporting
The facilitator shall report through the Project Officer to the Executive Director on the assignment and on all other logistics until the deliverables are submitted as required.

 

Qualification
The facilitator should have vast knowledge and experience in the nonprofit sector, preferably an executive director or top civil society personnel with experience on:

i. Leading a nonprofit

ii. Governance strategy and structure

iii. Human resource, personnel and management

iv. Project management, monitoring and evaluation

v. Funding and organizational sustainability

vi. Use of technology

 

Application Process
Interested individuals should complete this form and upload a copy of their Curriculum Vitae by March 12, 2021.

For further clarification, you may contact:
Chidinma Okpara at: chidinma.okpara@nnngo.org

 

To Apply, click on the link below

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfLIw9z0hAg5s_rnPWgaSseUtcKzmo17ZZv-YvRhPu7I1MgeA/viewform

The Nigeria Network of NGOs (NNNGO) is the first generic membership body for civil society organisations in Nigeria that facilitates effective advocacy on issues of poverty and other developmental issues. 

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