BY Femi Owolabi
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation says as part of its On Nigeria grant-making, it would be funding the anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria with $6.5 million.
It said the grant is to help in fighting corruption by building an atmosphere of accountability, transparency, and good governance in Nigeria.
“The country has begun an important process of addressing the corruption that plagues it on so many levels,” Kole Shettima, director of MacArthur’s Nigeria office said in statement issued on Thursday.
He added that “it is more important now than ever to keep anti-corruption work front and center on the national agenda, and to empower people and communities with the information and platforms they need to advocate for themselves and fight for the issues that impact their daily lives”.
The grants which are for not-for-profit organisations would be used to promoting anti-corruption advocacy as a national priority in the preparations for the 2019 elections.
“They include support for efforts to strengthen systems and study what works to reduce corruption. These awards build on decades of Foundation support for projects to enhance credibility, integrity, monitoring, and security around past elections. They continue MacArthur’s recent support for organizations working to capitalize on the national momentum and increased political will to tackle corruption, with projects ranging from monitoring and transparency measures around the political process to public education about the costs of corruption,” part of the statement further read.
The grant winners include:
Nigeria has been receiving grants from the foundation since 1989. MarcArthur opened its Nigerian office in 1994.
The Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF), a partner organisation of TheCable, is currently running a three-year programme under the On Nigeria programme of the MacArthur Foundation.
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