Beyond Amnesty: Citizens Report on State and Local Government Budgets in the Niger Delta
A new report by the Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform (NDCBP) contains findings of analyses and monitoring of the implementation of the annual budgets of the governments of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers State in 2009.
Communities and the Petroleum Industries Bill
This report lays out the presentations, discussions and conclusions the "Communities and Civil Society Consultation Meeting on the Petroleum Industry Bill", which held on 25 and 26 November 2009 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
|
Members of the Niger Delta Citizens and Budget Platform work on human rights, environmental justice advocacy, development, women rights, peace building etc.
The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD) is a non-profit making organization founded on August 15, 1999. The organization is incorporated in Nigeria as a trustee charity. CEHRD works in the area of human rights documentation and campaigns, election monitoring, peace building, community development, conservation and environmental advocacy and local government transparency and accountability, among other projects.
Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre is a community action, education and advocacy non-governmental organization working to protect and promote the rights of women and children in Nigeria and around the world. Kebetkache registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (IT/CERT. 15,890) in November 2003. Kebetkache works on issues of women’s human rights, environment, reproductive health including HIV & AIDS, conflict management & peace building as well as democracy and good governance. Kebetkache is a member of Nigeria Gender Budget Network, and was part of the gender aware analysis of the Federal Budgets in Nigeria (1995 - 2002). The organisation also participated in the Gender Analysis of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy. Kebetkache is part of the Empowering Civil Society in Rivers State to Track Education Budgets, a project carried out in collaboration with Civil Resource Development & Documentation Centre, and is one of the partners to implement the CDD West Africa Gender Budgeting project supported by NOVIB.
The Community Defence Law Foundation (CDLF) aims to: (1) Support local communities and institutions denied their rights and liberties by the activities of non-democratic actors; (2) Provide formal legal representation to disadvantaged individuals and communities defending their environment and human rights; (3) Work towards establishing case law that would protect communities’ rights to a healthy environment and for the public good; (4) Provide a resource base for continuing legal education in the area of environmental human rights and social and economic justice; and (5) Engage in legal research, advocacy and publication in the public interest. The Foundation operates three projects: The Community Justice Project, the Legal Education Research and Documentation Project, and the Community Defence Fund. Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) is a not-for-profit organisation, independent of all governments and political parties. SDN supports organisations helping communities in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea region who live alongside oil, gas and mining facilities to communicate and negotiate with business, government and others with a stake in their land and its resources. |
BUDGET ANALYSIS
The Budget Analysis Briefs summarize analyses of 2009 budgets of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States with special focus on the health and education sectors. The Briefs examine the state government’s relative prioritizing of these sectors in view of national and international standards, as well as the State government’s own policy statements.
STATE BUDGETS
OTHER BUDGETS
ARCHIVE
Login Form
Developed by icode.