The Founder of the Centre for Social Awareness, Advocacy and Ethics (CSAAE), Rev. Fr. Dr. Godswill Agbagwa has warned the Nigerian government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure Nigeria immediately or risk disintegration. This warning was made on Friday,...
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CSAAE is now an organization in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations.
On August 17, 2020, the Centre for Social Awareness, Advocacy and Ethics (CSAAE) was recently approved as an organization in special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. This status allows the organization to actively engage...
Covid-19 Emergency Financing: What can the Fund do to help put CSOs in a position to effectively assist governments monitor and verify compliance with the governance conditions on Covid-19 emergency financing?
A presentation by CSAAE Founder, Rev. Fr. Dr. Godswill Agbagwa, at a half-day seminar organized by the IMF on: Promoting Effective Use of COVID-19 Finance in Africa: An IMF Discussion with African CSOs Ladies and Gentlemen: To help countries address the economic...
SUSPEND WASCE: MY KID IS NOT GOING BACK TO THE DORMITORY NOW
I agree with the minister of education that secondary and primary schools in Nigeria remain closed until we have a way out of this covid-19 pandemic. I also agree with him that the West African School Certificate Examinations should be suspended until further notice...
Welcome to Nigeria: Hell on Earth?
You own a businessYou need Tax Clearance Letter (TCL).You call your State FIRS office.They tell you to come to the office.You head to their office.After waiting for your turn to see Tax Controller (TC), you finally see him at 2pm.You tell him what you want, and he...
Teleschool for Nigerian students
While students in civilized nations have continued to learn under lockdown, most Nigerian students are sitting home doing nothing. Yesterday, I had a long conversation with the director of Catholic Education in Owerri Archdiocese, Rev. Fr. Bertrand Ujunwa and I could...
WHY NOT JUST FORGIVE THESE DEBTS?
A few days ago, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it has awarded grants to poor countries to enable them to temporarily service their debts at the IMF. Today, the G20 announced that they will be suspending debt repayment temporarily for poor...
NIGERIA AND THE IMF DEBT RELIEF: MATTERS ARISING
Some Nigerians have taken to social media to attack the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for not extending to Nigeria, its recent debt relief grants to developing nations. According to the IMF, the grants were meant to help the grantees service the loans they...
CSAAE Business Linkage for Imo Women
Call for Participation To mark the 2020 International Women’s Day (IWD), CSAAE is organizing a business linkage event to link young Imo mompreneurs to potential clients and large buyers. The business linkage gives small and medium enterprise owners opportunities to...
A GOOD THANK YOU: THANKSGIVING LESSONS FOR YOUTHS
As the 2019 thanksgiving celebrations in the United States come to an end, here are some thoughts on gratitude for youths. Since 2013, I have been working very closely with Nigerian youths especially undergraduates. My experience is that some youths may be losing the...
PIND-MADE to mentor CSAAE Enterprise Development Unit on M4P
PIND-MADE to mentor CSAAE Enterprise Development Unit on M4P. PIND (Partnership Initiatives for the Niger Delta) is a project of CHEVRON established to make markets work for the poor (M4P) and to promote peace in the area. MADE (Market Development in the Niger Delta)...
What is wrong with CAC?
If you own a business or social enterprise in Nigeria, you cannot avoid CAC. But the level of carelessness and poor customer service at CAC can drive a SAINT crazy. As patriotic citizens, we filed our non-profit taxes and submiitted copies of the tax returns to CAC as...