Centre LSD hosts stakeholder validation meeting @2024-2028 - ITREALMS

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The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) is set to host a Stakeholder Validation Meeting for its meticulously crafted organizational Strategy Plan spanning 2024-2028, Wednesday January 31, 2024 in Abuja.

In a statement released by Mr. Itia Otabor, Centre LSD's Director of Strategy, it was emphasized that the Stakeholder Validation Meeting aims to provide a platform for key stakeholders to familiarize themselves with the Strategy Plan and present their comments and inputs. Otabor affirms that the primary goal of this Strategy Plan is to chart a strategic course for Centre LSD, positioning the organization to seize opportunities and develop a playbook for successful engagements.

Centre LSD to hold 18th graduation @Leadership School - ITREALMS

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The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) has concluded plans to graduate another set of students from her Leadership School as it marks the 18th session on August 19 this year, reports ITREALMS.

The forthcoming graduation, ITREALMS gathered, doubles as the Centre LSD 18th Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Bi-annual leadership lecture which hold at the Abuja centre.

Centre LSD mentors Delta State OGP administrators - ITREALMS

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The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) in furtherance of its project “Promoting Transparency and Accountability in the governance process through the implementation of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in Nigeria,” reports ITREALMS.

A press statement available to ITREALMS, the centre informed that the mentorship session is with the support of the MacArthur Foundation, Wednesday April 19th, 2023, commenced mentoring support for Delta States OGP administrators.

Centre LSD holds South-south/South-west regional validation meeting - ITREALMS

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The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) shall organize February 7, 2023 the validation meeting of its leading-edge study on the efficacy of community development agreements (CDAs) in mining host communities in Nigeria. This time with mining stakeholders in the southsouth/southwest geopolitical zones in Lagos, Nigeria.

The study conducted across six states in each geopolitical zone of the country in 2022, including Taraba (northeast), Kebbi (northwest), Kogi (North Central), Ekiti (Southwest), Edo (Southsouth), and Ebonyi (Southeast), is aimed at ascertaining the effectiveness of current CDAs regime as a tool for delivering social and economic benefits to mining host communities in the country. Penultimate week, the Northeast and Northwest regional validation was held in Kano.

Centre LSD project on male engagement over GBV kicksoff- ITREALMS

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The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD), has commenced the implementation of a male engagement project for the reduction of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights (SRHR), and Harmful Traditional Practices in Nigeria, reports ITREALMS.

The programme, ITREALMS gathered is an initiative of the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) under the Spotlight Initiative, envisioned a Nigeria where all women and girls, particularly the most vulnerable, live a life free from violence and harmful practices, by addressing the linkages between sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices with related aspects of sexual and reproductive health and rights as a cross-cutting theme.

The project lead, Mr. Vincent Dania, Centre LSD, told ITREALMS the focus will be on prevention efforts particularly addressing the root causes of gender-based violence and harmful practices (child marriage and Female Genital Mutilation) against women and girls; and ensuring access to inclusive, timely, and quality services for victims and survivors with a vibrant CSOs and women movement.

“The Centre will work with other implementing partners to achieve the goal of the Spotlight Initiative in Nigeria,” he said.

The Centre’s role in the project, he said, would include “Mobilizing men and setting up platforms of men against Sexual & Gender-Based Violence at the community level; strengthening the capacities of identified traditional, religious leaders and media. It will also identify and train male advocates and champions at different levels (community, state and national) to continuously speak up against Violence Against Women & Girls (VAWG); engaging male opinion leaders to secure support for VAWG, gender equality and the empowerment of women; and train women and girls’ rights defenders in relevant skills to better engage with religious leaders to end VAWG and HP.”

Further, ITREALMS gathered the Centre LSD will be implementing the project in two states, namely Lagos and Cross River.

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Centre LSD host strategic town hall to promote peaceful elections - ITREALMS

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The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD) in partnership with ChristianAid Nigeria and financial support from the START Network is organizing a Strategic Town-Hall Meeting in Kaduna aimed at mitigating violence and promoting peaceful conduct during the electoral process in Nigeria, reports ITREALMS.

This activity is part of activities lined up under the Project “Promoting Peaceful Elections in Nigeria’ funded by the START Network, according to the Programme Coordinator of the Centre, Mr. Uchenna Arisukwu.

A press statement made available to ITREALMS, Arisukwu stated that the Project is being implemented in 3 communities in Kaduna ( Sabon Tasha in Chikun LGA), Mando in Kaduna North LGA and Kachia in Kachia LGA) and another 3 communities in Benue State ( Gboko in Gboko LGA, Oju in Oju LGA and Otukpo in Otukpo LGA). He also stated that the project targets 255, 000 beneficiaries and 36,000 Households with a social media target reach of 2 million persons adding that the project will work closely with traditional and religious actors, community leaders, women and youth groups in these communities as well as relevant government agencies and actors who will sensitize the electorates and create awareness about the need to eschew violence and ensure peaceful conduct during the elections.

The Statement further added that other activities in the Project include rapid assessments at community levels to identify possible causes of electoral violence with a bid to mitigating them; community outreaches and sensitization; Gender-Based Violence discourse as well as response to persons affected by violence through the distribution of Non-Food Items.

Mr. Arisukwu concluded by stating the objectives of the project which is the reduction of recurrent violent inter-communal, inter-religious and political conflicts for peaceful co-existence in the long run as well as the entrenchment of positive behavioural attitude and conduct by citizens and agencies alike.

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Centre LSD join forces with CSOs, media to push LG autonomy bill

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The African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD) in collaboration with the Civil Society Organisations cum Media Roundtable drummed support for Local Government (LG) autonomy, reports ITRealms.

The one-day roundtable was organized in partnership with Christian Aid with funding from UKAID under her Voice to the People (V2P) project, on Thursday September 21, 2017 in Kaduna to galvanize CSOs and media in the North West geopolitical zone to sustain the momentum around the issue of Local Government Autonomy and push for the passage of the bill at the subnational stages leveraging on the current constitution review process.

The Programme Officer of the Centre, Mr. Vincent Dania, said that Local Government Financial Autonomy bill seeks to abolish the state-local government joint allocation which puts enormous finances and control in the hands of state governors.

“The bill, if passed, will have positive implications for development in Nigeria especially at the grassroots level, hence the need for its engagement at all levels is critical,” he said.

Dania, also noted that a financially autonomous local government system that recognizes the place of citizens’ participation in decision-making, will ensure not just the virility of local governments to deliver services at the grassroots level but also bring about widespread development to communities across the country.

He commended the senate for passing the bill on local government financial autonomy amongst others in the ongoing constitution review process, the release enjoined Civil Society Organizations, the media, social media influencers as well as all well-meaning Nigerian citizens to sustain the push at the subnational level  to ensure the bill (s) scales through with their relevant provisions not tinkered with during the review stage by legislators at the State level.

As said by him, this was in the interest of the federalist principles Nigeria has opted for, and for ensuring that the local government, which is the arm of government that is closest to the people, performs her statutory function of being the engine of community and rural development.

He enjoined all well-meaning Nigerian citizens to share their opinions and contribute to the deliberations on social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp to name a few.

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