Founder’s Blog
INTRODUCING CSAAE ADVOCATES
This week, CSAAE ADVOCATES – a team of pro bono lawyers working with CSAAE to advocate for human rights, rule of law, good governance, and anticorruption in the South East – will visit correctional centers in the South East to identify and fight for the release of youths detained unjustly because of their involvement in the #endsars protest.
Restructure Nigeria now or face imminent disintegration: Fr. Agbagwa
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,...
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...
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