Global Affairs Canada, in collaboration with ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), has launched an N11 billion Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL) project to promote women’s rights and strengthen leadership roles across Nigeria. The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Pasquale Salvaggio, announced this at the project unveiling on Thursday in Abuja. …
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ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) on Thursday expressed concern over the Federal Government’s plan to implement a five per cent surcharge on fossil fuel transactions, as outlined in Section 158 of the newly gazetted Nigeria Tax Act. The organisation made its position known in a statement issued in Abuja by its Country …
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ActionAid Nigeria’s General Assembly has called on the Federal Government to urgently reform the national security architecture to address widespread violence across the country. This includes persistent herder attacks, civilian casualties from military airstrikes, and the violent suppression of protests. The call was contained in a communiqué issued at the …
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ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) and other stakeholders have urged all tiers of government to promote the enrollment of smallholder farmers in agricultural insurance schemes. They noted that the measure would help mitigate risks associated with insecurity and climate-related challenges. The call was made in a communiqué issued at the end of …
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ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has demanded the immediate investigation and suspension of all institutional heads complicit in the reported fraud in the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) scheme. ActionAid Nigeria in a signed statement by its Country Director, Andrew Mamedu, on Wednesday, said it was outraged by the revelations of systemic …
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ActionAid has raised concerns over the ongoing crisis in the petroleum sector, sparked by Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s suspension of petroleum product sales in naira. Mr Andrew Mamedu, Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) expressed this concern in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Mamedu criticised the suspension, stating that it …
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ActionAid Nigeria has alleged that President Bola Tinubu’s economic policies has further deepened the dimensions of gender inequality in the country and placed more women 8n a vulnerable state. ActionAid Country Director, Andrew Mamedu made the allegation at a press conference on Friday in Abuja to mark the International Women’s …
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