Community outreach event on increasing citizens demand for better services and empowering them to report, document cases of corruption in Ebonyi State: Ebonyi LGA, Ikwo LGA, and Abakiliki LGA.

Alliances for Africa | 22 January, 2019

INTRODUCTION: Alliances for Africa (AfA) in collaboration with MacArthur Foundation had a three day community outreach event in Ebonyi LGA, Ikwo LGA and Abakiliki LGAs respectively. This is in line with Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation with support from the MacArthur Foundation on an anti-corruption advocacy initiative to deepen and sustain transparency and accountability in Nigeria. The outreach event is intended to cover 12 LGAs, but had just kicked off with 3 LGAs in the quarter 4 of 2018. The community outreach event participants had representatives from different groups including, medical personnel, media, CSOs, albinos, disabled persons, political party members, religious leaders, students, traditional rulers, security agencies amongst others.

OBJECTIVES:                              
1.      To educate and empower citizens at the grassroots level to demand  for better services, transparency and accountability from current and aspiring political office holders.
2.    To create and support a community of practice on transparency and accountability at the community and state level.
3.    To enlighten and empower citizens to monitor, document and report cases of corruption in their community in Ebonyi state.    

OUTCOME: The community outreach event increased the knowledge of 304 persons in Ebonyi LGA. Ikwo and Abakiliki Local government areas (LGAs) including the academia, medical personnel, traditional rulers, local government staff, public servants, market women, religious leaders, media personnel, albino, disabled, women leaders, students and political parties members in demanding for better services from current political leaders in various offices representing their constituencies and aspirants who are vying for political positions in 2019 general election.   Download Full Report

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