COVID-19: JOINT MEMO

BY CSOs IN NIGERIA

Joint Memo by Civil Society Organizations on Response to COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria April 29, 2020

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Contents

Executive Summary - - - - - - - - - 3

Context - - - - - - - - - - - 4

Themes, Issues, and Recommendations - - - - - - - 5 – 10

Conclusion - - - - - - - - - - - 11

Reference - - - - - - - - - - - 12

Endorsements - - - - - - - - - - 13 – 18

Contacts - - - - - - - - - - - 19

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Executive Summary

The number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria has increased from the first case on February 27 to 1,532 by April 28. This increase is attributed to the ‘Community Transmission’ stage (Phase 4), according to Nigeria’s National COVID-19 Multi-Sectoral Pandemic Response Plan. To contain the spread of the virus, President Muhammadu Buhari, during two separate national broadcasts, announced two back-to-back 14-day-long lockdowns in Lagos and Ogun States, as well as the Federal Capital Territory, while pledging measures to ameliorate the inevitable effects of the lockdowns on the people. Commendably, frontline health workers have continued to do tremendous work in providing medical and non-medical help to those infected by the virus. That 255 people have been treated, have recovered and are discharged in Nigeria till date cannot be dissociated from the ceaseless hard work and heroic sacrifice of these frontline workers, some of whom have, sadly, lost their lives in the line of duty. To augment government efforts some Civil Society Organizations have launched and implemented different projects to support the poor and vulnerable while raising concerns about gaps and areas of improvement. Press statements, memos, and policy papers have been published by concerned CSOs and groups of CSOs agitating for similar issues. For instance, a consortium of anti-corruption organizations under the Upright for Nigeria, Stand Against Corruption, which includes ActionAid and Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), among others, issued a press release calling for accountability and transparency in the distribution of palliatives and the utilization of COVID-19 funds. In addition, two separate groups of CSOs, including Education as a Vaccine (EVA), Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC), Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA), Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Nigeria, Legislative Advocacy Coalition on Violence Against Women (LACVAW) Initiative, Global Rights, Partners West Africa Nigeria (PWAN), and GBV Sub-Sector for Adamawa State, released two separate policy advisory papers on preventing Gender-Based Violence (GBV), protecting women and girls, and integrating gender into Nigeria’s COVID-19 response. These documents and related ones on other thematic issues are considered and referenced in this joint memorandum. This joint memo focuses, primarily, on different themes, issues, and recommendations based on what CSOs are clamouring for to ensure more effective and efficient responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are eight themes in this document: Safeguarding frontline medical and non-medical workers, Strategy for lockdowns and curfews, Disproportionality and access to other essential services, Composition of the Presidential Task Force (PTF), Standardization, Gender Lens, Human Rights, Safety, and Security, and Transparency and Accountability. The ‘Issues’ component under each theme is succinctly analyzed with recommendations provided for each thematic issue.

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Context

The coronavirus pandemic is indisputably one of the biggest health crises the world has faced in a century. The COVID-19 pandemic caught the entire world unprepared, but while some countries appear to be faring better most – including African countries – are struggling, literally learning on the go. The exponential rate at which the virus has spread is alarming, with countries growing from a few incidents to hundreds of thousands of confirmed cases and deaths worldwide. Thankfully, the recovery rate is 80%. For Nigeria the number of infections has grown from one reported case in Lagos on February 27 to 1,532 cases by April 28, with 255 people discharged and, sadly, 44 deaths (source: NCDC daily Twitter update via @NCDCgov). Federal and State governments have marshalled their resources to contain the spread of the virus, while providing as much supports to the people as the economy would permit. Strategy by the Nigerian Federal and State governments includes screening, contact tracing and testing, and isolation and care. Government’s intervention covers the spectrum from information dissemination and sensitization on preventive measures, through palliative and stimulus packages, to training of health personnel and responders. Also worthy of note are the tireless efforts of Nigeria’s frontline medical workers and non-medical workers and responders, who daily risk their lives to provide professional care and supports to those infected by the virus in the course of which some have, sadly, lost their lives in the line of duty. However, while government efforts continue to improve, the scale of the problem demands the full cooperation of all to ensure as many lives as possible are save and normalcy restored post COVID-19 pandemic era. It is in the light of this that Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have come together to escalate some critical thematic issues and to present key recommendations to the authorities for prompt actions.

Themes, Issues, and Recommendations

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Theme

Issues

Recommendations 1. Safeguarding

frontline medical and non-medical workers

The risk of contamination of frontline responders including fatality has not been adequately assessed.

1. Mitigating the risks of infections and deaths through the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) for all frontline workers.

2. In the absence of immediate availability of PPEs, local local options for production should be explored which will also support local industries.

3. Commensurate hardship allowance for frontline workers. 4. Provide insurance cover for all frontline workers and their immediate

family members. 5. Establish a general health and safety protocol for all frontline workers

in contact with infected persons or corpses. 6. The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF-C) must collaborate with

the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria (ARD) and other health groups to ensure standard best practice in the effective use and disposal of PPEs.

7. In view of recent rapid community spread, integrate highly trained private doctors, nurses, and community health educators as frontline responders and health care workers on COVID-19 at the community level.

8. Work with communities on community-level health care solutions (such as community isolation facilities for isolation and treatment of non-severe cases), as crises scales.

9. Provide avenues for mental health and wellbeing support to all responders, on demand.

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2. Strategy for lockdowns and curfews

There is the continuous debate as to the viability of a continuous lockdown. Although by WHO and NCDC recommendations, a lockdown, as a way of enforcing social distancing, is the most viable way of curbing the spread of the virus. However, there is need to be sensitive to how average Nigerians, especially those whose livelihood depends on daily earnings, will continue to survive without starving at some point due to the inevitable economic hardship. This is especially so considering the socio-economic effects of lockdowns and curfews on the about 65% Nigerians who work in the informal sector – barbers, mechanics, hairdressers, bricklayers, farmers, etc – members of the society who already live below poverty the line, and those considered the poorest of the poor. More so, due to the forced evictions in some communities, some have been rendered homeless, thus exacerbating all other vulnerabilities, while limiting ability to self-protect against the virus. There are also concerns with the poor coordination of government’s palliative interventions aimed at cushioning the effects of the lockdown, which, as shown in some viral videos, undermine social distancing. Palliatives for 3.5m Nigerians is less than 5 percent of the over 91m Nigerians living in extreme poverty. This is amidst fears of an impending ‘economic pandemic’, prediction of a second wave of COVID-19 by global experts in epidemiology and growing inconsistencies among them on how to best handle the situation; coupled with how social distancing at community level is failing across Nigeria, and concerns that food security is threatened since lockdown is happening during raining and planting season.

1. Put in place short- and medium-term plans to cushion the economic impact of the pandemic on the people.

2. Better data collection and poverty mapping should be prioritized for support should be done using already existing community, religious, and traditional structures.

3. Create avenues for more easy reporting/sharing of data collected by communities and CSOs to feed into a unified public system.

4. Provide regular, not one-off, distribution of palliatives, particularly food and/or cash transfers.

5. Federal, State, and Local governments should collaborate and work with CSOs, including religious and traditional bodies, in identification of beneficiaries and in ensuring effective modalities in distributing palliatives and stimulus packages.

6. The legislative arm should consider quick Bills aimed at alleviating the people’s suffering, such as suspending payments of rents, electricity, and water bills for a duration of the pandemic. In the same vein, the CBN may direct banks to suspend interests on all loans (especial by MSMEs).

7. Judiciously utilize donated and allocated CoViD-19 funds by providing basic health, sanitation, and hygiene amenities, such as access to portable water for the currently water-deprived 60million Nigerians who lack access to clean and safe water.

8. Government should proactively announce a moratorium on any/all evictions or demolition of shelters during lockdown or the COVID-19 pandemic.

9. Ultimately, there is need to consider a ‘smart lockdown’ that is a hybrid or partial approach such that creates a balance between curbing the spread of the virus and easing the economic pain on the people. This approach includes requiring and enforcing preventive measures such as the continuous and compulsory wearing of facemasks in public, provision of handwashing facilities and alcohol-rich hand sanitizers in public places, social distancing, regularly disinfecting open spaces (public transport, public gatherings, such as markets, religious houses, schools, etc), observing basic hygiene with trained Public Health Monitors as the Compliance Officers. Incentives can be considered for

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market associations to set up and maintain handwashing facilities in markets, for instance. In addition, consider realistic ways of making public transportation safer for those who have no alternative means without making it too costly for the urban poor to afford.

3. Disproportionality

and access to other essential services

One downside of the lockdown, while recognizing its importance in curbing the spread of the virus, is that of access to food and non-food essential services (like medicines) for some segments of the population. Different vulnerable groups (elderly, widows, persons with disabilities (PWDs), Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), refugees, evictees, persons living with HIV/AIDs, minors, out-of-school children, domestic workers) are disproportionately suffering the effects of the lockdown. This exacerbates already existing inequality gaps. These categories of the population – including the poor, low-income earners, daily workers – have been gravely affected, with many not having access to supports. This is worsened as many shelters and centers providing support services to vulnerable and marginalized populations are on lockdown.

1. Conduct an assessment of the different vulnerable and at-risk populations, while disaggregating data to show their unique challenges and how the intersections of the problems they face have caused them to be disproportionately impacted.

2. Based on the outcome of the aforementioned assessment, develop response and support strategies for the different population segments, putting into consideration their unique needs.

3. Introduce proactive measures to reduce possibility contacting the virus among clustered populations, such as IDPs and refugees.

4. Grant ‘Passes’ to some shelters and centres that provide support services to at-risk, vulnerable populations, such as PWDs, persons living with HIV/AIDS, while ensuring they are supported, with measures in place to prevent spread of the virus.

4. Composition of

the Presidential Task Force (PTF)

Concerns have been expressed as to the composition of the PTF, considering how it has not been fully representative of some key groups that can bring in perspectives and advance issues relating to their areas of expertise in shaping scope, components, and implementation of response actions.

1. Expand the composition of the PTF to be more inclusive, to include key groups such as the private sector, women, youth, CSOs, and persons living with disability.

5. Standardization There are concerns about the absence of a minimum

standard of operations on how each isolation and treatment facility must be structured, furnished, and managed. This also extends to the issue of the PTF not covering all states, as priority is given to only States on lockdown. There is also the issue of lack of a minimum

1. Develop a Standard Operating Procedure that maps and systematizes processes and procedures for carrying out response actions. This should include protocols on the minimum standard for setting up Testing, Isolation, and Treatment Centers. The SOP becomes a minimum standard set at the federal level, and adopted by each state, as a way to ensure uniformity and consistency.

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standard or best practice that can be gleaned from states that are better managing different aspects. For instance, the drive-through/walk-through testing centres in Oyo and Ogun States, or the Mobile Testing Centre (‘Drive-thru Mass Testing Lab’); in addition to Lagos State’s handling of the education sector by ensuring education continues through mainstream media.

2. Establish a knowledge/experience sharing platform that collates and shares strategies and knowledge from other states and countries, while serving as a go-to hub to harvest response strategies.

3. Mitigate impact of the pandemic on education by putting in place an Education-in-Emergency Strategic Plan, while immediately allocating funds for its implementation across all states, including directing all educational institutions to commence virtual learning within the context of their peculiar technological realities.

4. PTF-C should set up an expert group of Virologist, Epidemiologist, Doctors, and Vaccinologist to daily assess Nigeria’s COVID-19 situation and proffer proactive solutions. This team should also work with NAFDAC to guide the country on the use of medicines for treating COVID-19, including when a vaccine is eventually found.

5. Conduct periodic experts review and projections of the spread od COVID-19 (in numbers) at national and state levels so as to proactively galvanise stakeholders into quick actions.

6. Emplace standard protocols on the sanitization and fumigation of isolation centers, designated hospitals, and other necessary areas.

7. Set up drive-through/walk-in/mobile testing units and First-Responder units especially in low income neighborhoods in order to ensure people, particularly the underserved, have access to testing and emergency health care.

8. PTF to work with experts to make Telehealth on COVID-19 available.

6. Gender Lens While not undermining the effect of the pandemic on all persons, it is a known fact that emergencies like this worsens existing inequalities for women and girls. Women and girls, particularly, have been disproportionately affected since the lockdown, with pregnant women being placed in a position of heightened vulnerability, disabled people not accessing necessary information, women not having access to sexual and reproductive information and services, and continuous reports of gender-based violence (GBV), including deaths. While sexual and gender-based

1. Reinforce a gender-sensitive response to the pandemic by having a gender focal person as a member of the PTF.

2. Designate and strengthen Gender Desks and family support units within police departments and other department of governments; while ensuring they are provided with effective telephone hotlines for reporting domestic violence or any other gender-based violence.

3. PTF-C should support, resource, and work with CSOs in providing information and services to the public, and in responding to GBV/SGBV such as provision of shelters, counselling, and legal aid to victims and survivors.

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violence (SGBV) have increased, victims are unable to move around to seek refuge or help, and responders are constrained in providing help. There is also the issue of intersectionality of the issues that are experienced by women, which is further exacerbated by crises such as this. This is not peculiar to Nigeria, as statistics from several countries have shown increase in GBV. Recognizing this troubling trend, the UN Secretary General have specifically flagged it, while some UN bodies, INGOS, and CSOs have been pushing for a gender lens to the pandemic.

4. Ensure that in COVID-19 awareness programs, targeted information dissemination on gender-based violence prevention is prioritized.

5. Ensure public enlightenment campaigns aimed at preventing and containing the spread of the virus includes sign language, closed caption, and other appropriate means.

6. Protect the sexual and reproductive health (especially maternal health) and rights of women by putting measures in place that ease access of women and girls to relevant services, e.g. mechanisms for report and rapid response, access to SRHR services, transportation for pregnant women, provision and access to family planning, etc.

7. Prioritize women as beneficiaries of palliatives and stimulus package. 8. Provide ‘pass’ to GBV responders and service providers, while directing

relevant public services and responses services, including shelters and counselling centres, as ‘essential’ so as to ensure they remain open and accessible to women and vulnerable groups.

9. Establish measures to ensure education continues for all school-age children, especially girls, while not leaving behind girls and boys with limited or no access to technology. In the same vein, government should mitigate the effects of schools closures on girls’ education by executing strategies to help them return to school post CoViD-19.

7. Human Rights,

Safety, and Security

The enforcement of the lockdown has led to breakdown of law and social order in some states (especially those on lockdown), as characterized by human rights abuses, extra judicial killings (such as that of the young man, Ifeanyi Arunsi, killed in Ebem Ohafia area of Abia State on 17th April), and assaults (such as that of Ms. Tola Azeez who was beaten at Odo Ori market in Iwo, Osun State on 18th April). Also, there have been reports of extortions and collection of bribes to break the lockdown or curfews, thus endangering people’s lives through the continued spread of the disease. The troubling trend of armed robbery, gang violence, threats and harassment of people (especially in Lagos State and the FCT) has led some members of different

1. A protocol or process should be set up to ensure all strategies and actions aimed at preventing the spread of the virus is scrutinized through human rights lens by the National Human Rights Commission and CSOs.

1. Human Rights Desks in each state should give regular (daily or weekly) briefings on human rights violations during the lockdown.

2. Improve security and safety of all people, at all times and in all places, especially in inner cities and communities.

3. Ensure adequate punitive measures is activated when state and non-state actors violate human rights or defy lockdown orders and other instructions put in place to curb the spread of the virus.

4. Government should monitor and investigate human rights abuses especially those committed by state actors, while ensuring immediate trials and providing supports to victims and/or their families. The public

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communities to form ad-hoc vigilante groups as a measure to protect themselves, their families, and members of their community, which, if not controlled, may lead to reprisal attacks, tilting towards more violence.

should be briefed on these disciplinary actions to serve as deterrence, while building public confidence.

5. Train and sensitize law enforcement agents on best practice in enforcing lockdowns, such that does not violate human rights.

6. Grant access to some courts to expeditiously hear and determine COVID-19 related human rights violations.

7. Designate legal aid providers (lawyers, paralegals, etc) as essential service providers, giving them free passage when on duty – that is, when providing emergency response during lockdowns.

8. Promote Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR), such as mediation, as means of resolving disputes during the pandemic, while easing pressure on the courts and ensuring speedy resolution of disputes.

8. Transparency and

Accountability

Billions of Naira have been donated, locally and internationally, to the Nigerian government to combat the pandemic, curb the spread of the virus, and alleviate people’s sufferings. These funds are expected to be used in procuring medical equipment and supplies (ventilators, test kits, surveillance-enabled ambulances, PPEs, etc), as well as to set up and furnish COVID-19 screening, testing, isolation, and treatment Centres. Asides donations, the government has allocated funds for this purpose. Recognizing that these funds do not require legislative approvals before disbursement, the need for transparency and accountability cannot be overemphasized, not only in ensuring it is used for its primary purpose, but also to reduce possible corruption and profiteering. Less has also been heard about the utilization of in-kind supports, such as the Centre provided by Guaranty Trust Bank, and other medical equipment, testing kits, PPEs, palliative materials contributed by well-meaning people so as to ensure they are not pilfered or sold for financial gains.

1. Provide periodic updates to the general public on all donations, allocations, and in-kind supports (publicly and secretly announced).

2. Constitute and publicly announce a COVID-19 Funds Management Team, comprising of government officials, private sector, and CSOs, to manage and report on all COVID-19 funds and supports.

3. Periodically report on the numbers and names of beneficiaries and value of money given as palliative sums.

4. Ensure judicious spending of COVID-19 funds, by subjecting requisitions and disbursements to thorough, yet timely, scrutiny.

5. As a whistle-blowing approach, government and CSOs should introduce toll-free lines for citizens to call and report any act of corruption regarding distribution of COVID-19 palliatives.

6. Establish an independently-managed monitoring process that ensures foolproof measures are in place to block all possible financial loopholes while checking fraud and curbing financial corruption.

7. Empower the EFCC and ICPC to identify, investigate, and ensure punishment of persons found guilty of COVID-19 related financial crimes, within a timely and reasonable time. Such actions must be made public.

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Conclusion

The rapid rate at which CoViD-19 is spreading in Nigeria is alarming, and one that calls for all hands to be on deck, not only in efforts to curb the spread, but also to ensure effective and sustainable responses. We applaud the Nigerian government at all levels for its handling of an unexpected and unprecedented challenge. We also take this opportunity to commend and appreciate all our frontline responders. We all have a role to play, citizens and government alike. This is where CSOs come in. Working together and sharing the responsibility for recovery and progress, measures must be introduced to mitigate the impact of the pandemic and restore normalcy as soon as possible, post pandemic. Civil Society Organizations across Nigeria will continue to be active partners in progress, by supporting government’s efforts at all levels in responding to the CoViD-19 pandemic. It is hoped that the Nigerian government will continue to develop and execute coherent strategies in collaboration with local and international stakeholders. We anticipate that the thematic issues and their recommendations raised in this joint memo will strengthen the response efforts. In the end, we are optimistic that Nigeria will emerge stronger, with hard lessons learned and transformation towards a better nation for all. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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Reference

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Endorsements

1. 100 Women Lobby Group 2. Abia Self Help Organisation 3. Abiodun Essiet Initiative for Girls 4. Access to Justice 5. Accountability Lab Nigeria 6. ACEP 7. Achievers Innovative Advocates International Foundation (AIA International Foundation) 8. ACP Initiative 9. ACSS Alumni Nigeria Chapter 10. ActionAid Nigeria 11. ACTS Generation 12. ADEM Community & Human Development Foundation 13. Adinya Arise Foundation (AAF) 14. Adonai Health and Development Foundation (AHADEF) 15. Adonai Healthcare and Human Development 16. Adopt A Goal for Development Initiative 17. Advocacy Centre for Development 18. Advocates for Health and Development Initiative 19. Advocates of Peace, Nature and Gender Justice (APNAG) 20. Afri Foundation 21. African Citizens' Initiative for Rights and Development (ACIRD) 22. African Community Development Initiatives 23. African Disability Forum 24. African Women Empowerment and Childcare Initiative 25. African Women Empowerment Guild 26. African Women Entrepreneurship Programme (AWEP) 27. African Women Water Sanitation & Hygiene Network (AWWASHNet) 28. African Women's Initiative 29. Africawomannig 30. Against All Odds Foundation (AGAOF) 31. Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation 32. Akin Fatunke & Co. 33. Alauchi Women Development Initiative 34. Alliances for Africa (AfA) 35. Ambassadors Community Empowerment Organization 36. Arise Nigerian Woman Foundation 37. Association for Childhood Education Practitioners (ACEP) 38. Association of Aliwe Daughters International 39. Association of Nigeria Women Business Network (ANWBN) 40. Association of Women in Trade and Agriculture 41. Azuka and Ify Development Foundation 42. BEFA Women and Child Care Foundation 43. Biakwan Light Organization 44. BoT Netete Initiative 45. BraveHeart Initiative 46. Bright Rekia Momoh Hope Foundation 47. Bring Back Our Girls 48. Butterfly Effect Empowerment Initative 49. CAFSO Women's Rights Action Group 50. Canaan Peace, Women & Community Development Initiative 51. Caring Culture 52. Catholic Fountain for Life 53. Cece Yara Foundation 54. CedarSeed Foundation 55. CEE-HOPE Nigeria 56. Centa for Organizational Development 57. Center for Economic Empowerment and Gender Activities (CEEGA) 58. Center for Environmental Safety, Monitoring, Sensitization and Chemical Analysis (CESMOSCAN) 59. Center for Grassroots and Environmental Concerns (CGEC) 60. Center for Liberty 61. Centre for Advancement of Development Rights (CEADER) 62. Centre for Alternative Development and Self-Enhancement (CEADESE NG)

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63. Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) 64. Centre for HIV/AIDS and STD Research 65. Centre for Impact Advocacy 66. Centre for Media and Development Communication 67. Centre for Media Resources in Development (CEMERDEV) 68. Centre for Nonviolence and Gender Advocacy in Nigeria (CENGAIN) 69. Centre for Research in Environmental Resource Management 70. Centre for Social Transformation and Human Development 71. Centre for the Empowerment of Women, Youth Development, Care and Rehabilitation of the Aged 72. Centre for Women's Health and Information (CEWHIN) 73. Challenged Parenthood Initiative (CPI) 74. Champion Awareness Foundation (CHAWAFOUND) 75. Change Managers International Network 76. Chikun Women Farmers Association 77. Child Development and Support Initiative 78. Child Education and Crime Eradication Foundation (CECEF) 79. Child Health Organization (CHO) 80. Child to Child Network 81. Children and Adult Empowerment Initiatives (CAADEI) 82. Children and Women's First International Foundation (CAWFIF) 83. Citizens Center for Integrated Development and Social Rights (CCIDESOR) 84. Civil Society Coalition for Elections 85. Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) 86. CLICE Foundation 87. Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance (CACOBAG) 88. Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution 89. Coalition of Women in Governance 90. Coastal Women Initiative for Business and Human Rights 91. CODAF 92. Collaborative Living and Development Initiative (COLIDEIN) 93. Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) 94. Community Center for Integrated Development and Good Health Awareness (CIDHA) 95. Community Development Initiatives 96. Community Education Advancement of Peace and Development Initiative (CEAPDI) 97. Community Health and International Research Organisation 98. Community Health Support and Empowerment Initiative (COHSEI) 99. Community Life Project 100. Community Partners for Development (CPD) 101. Community Women's Right Foundation 102. Complete Health Fitness and Social Development Initiative 103. COMPPART Foundation for Justice and Peacebuilding 104. Concerned Nigerians 105. Connected Advocacy for Empowerment and Youth Development Initiative (Connected Advocacy) 106. Connected Development (CODE) 107. Country Associates Network (CANET) 108. Courageous People Health and Development Initiative 109. Crestville Development Foundation 110. CSR-in-Action 111. Daria Media Foundation 112. Delta State Civil Society for Good Governance 113. Destiny Builders Adolescent Foundation 114. Destiny Sisters 115. Development in Practice, Gender and Entrepreneurial Initiative (DIPGEI) 116. Development Outreach International 117. Development Research and Synergy Initiative 118. Dinidari Foundation 119. Disability Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC) 120. Disabled People in Leadership Initiative 121. Divine Benevolent Care Foundation 122. Donmary Human and Community Enhancement Initiative 123. Dorothy Njemanze Foundation 124. Dynamic Grassroots Women Youth Empowerment Initiatives 125. Echoes of Women in Africa Initiatives 126. Edo Partners for Peace in the Niger Delta 127. Education as a Vaccine (EVA) 128. Elixir Foundation 129. Elizabeth Foundation 130. Emerge Women Development Initiative 131. Empowering Women for Excellence Initiative 132. Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria 133. Environmental and Rural Mediation Center 134. Environmental Conflict Mediation and Women Development Initiative 135. Equality Through Education Foundation (ETEF)

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136. Equity Advocates 137. Eshomhonu Obamina Foundation 138. Esteemhub International 139. FACICP Disability Plus 140. FAECARE Foundation 141. FAME Foundation 142. FCT Widows Organisation 143. Federation of Muslim Women Association in Nigeria (FOMWAN) 144. FeliAlex Health Care Initiatives (FAHCI) 145. Female Drivers Association 146. Female Wave of Change – Nigeria 147. FEMBUD 148. First Future Leadership 149. Follow the Money 150. Food Conservation and Waste Elimination Initiative 151. Foundation for Concerned Souls and Humanitarian Development 152. Free Nigeria Coalition 153. Gbolekekro Women Empowerment and Development Organization (GWEDO) 154. Gender Advocacy for Justice Initiative (GAJI) 155. Gender and Environmental Risk Reduction Initiative (GERI) 156. Gender Awareness Trust 157. Gender Development Initiative 158. Gender Equality, Peace and Development Centre 159. Gender Justice Network 160. Gender Relevance Initiative Promotion (GRIP) 161. Girl Child Africa 162. Girl Child Enlightenment and Intervention Centre (GCEIC) 163. Girl Education Rehabilitation and Care (GERAC) 164. Girls' Power Initiative (GPI) 165. Global Fund for Women Grantees Network, Nigeria 166. Global Initiative for Development and Care of Women and Youth (GIDCOWAY) 167. Global Rights 168. Global Women for Quality and Sustainable Development Initiative (GWSD) 169. Glorious Women Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited 170. Goggoji Zumunchi Development Initiative (GZDI) 171. Good Care for the Child Development and Support Initiative 172. Good Health Enhancement Foundation (GOHEF) 173. Grass to Amazing Favour Global foundation (GRAFF) 174. Great Minds Manate 175. Green Ice Foundation 176. Haj Maisuga Empowerment Foundation 177. Halliru Memorial Youth Development and Empowerment Initiative (AYDI) 178. Haly Hope Foundation 179. Hands to Help International 180. Head High International Organisation 181. Health Awareness and Gender Advocacy Initiative 182. Health Education and Empowerment Initiative (HEDEN) 183. Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HEFRON) 184. HEIR Women Development 185. Helpline Foundation for the Needy 186. Herfessions Initiative 187. Heroine Women Foundation 188. Hope and Rural Aid Foundation (HARAF) 189. Hope for Coastal Women Empowerment Initiative 190. Hope for New Life Organisation 191. Hope for the Hopeless Social Development Foundation 192. Hope Forever Project Organization 193. Hope Fortress Global Initiative 194. Hope-Goodness Empowerment Foundation 195. Humanitarian and Health Support 196. I am Light 197. IANSA Women Network Nigeria 198. Ikaa Ine Akpana Rural Women Development and Empowerment Foundation (IKAARUWDEF) 199. Impact on Reproductive Health Initiative 200. Improve Achozi Foundation (IAF) 201. IN-CSR Gender Advocates 202. Indomitable Youths Organization (IYO) 203. Initiative for Peace and Stability 204. Initiative for Research, Innovation and Advocacy in Development (IRIAD) 205. Initiative for Visionary Education and Social Support (IVESS) 206. Initiative for Youth and Social Development 207. Initiatives for Development Empowerment and Sustainability for Africa 208. International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria

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209. International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMPH) 210. International Women Communication Center (IWCC) 211. Iyaniwura Children Care Foundation 212. Jewels Hive Initiative (JHI) 213. Jireh Doo Foundation of Nigeria (JDF) 214. Jisola Carew Foundation 215. Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities- JONAPWD 216. Joy Onyesoh Foundation 217. Justice and Empowerment Initiatives (JEI) 218. Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) 219. Justice, Peace and Reconciliation (JPRM) 220. Kaduna State Market Association 221. Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Centre 222. Khairinnisa'i Foundation 223. Kids & Teens Resource Centre 224. Kidunimirye 225. Kronikla & Associates 226. Lawyers Alert 227. League of Queens International Empowerment 228. League of Women Voters of Nigeria 229. Learning through Skills Acquisition Initiative (LETSAI) 230. Legal Awareness for Nigerian Women 231. Legal Defence and Assistance Project (LEDAP) 232. Let's Help Foundation 233. Lex Community NG 234. Life Agenda Initiatives 235. Life Bridge and Development Foundation 236. LiveWell Initiative (LWI) 237. Market Women Association Kaduna State 238. Media & Teens Network 239. Media Concern Initiative 240. Medical Women Association of Nigeria, Bayelsa (MWAN BYS) 241. Merchant of Hope 242. Mimjean Foundation for Women and Children with Disabilities 243. Mondial Vision for the Helpless Vision Foundation 244. Murtala Muhammed Foundation 245. National Council for Women's Societies Nigeria (NCWS) 246. National Democratic Institute 247. Nde Oduko Foundation (NDOF) 248. Neferous Foundation 249. Neighbourhood Care-Well Foundation 250. Network of Disabled Women 251. Network of Reproductive Health Journalists of Nigeria (NRHJN) 252. Networking Initiative for Community Empowerment (NICE) 253. New Life Community Care Initiative (NELCCI) 254. Ngo Hygie-enwerem Foundation 255. Nigeria Association of Women Journalist, Kaduna State 256. Nigeria Defence Academy 257. Nigeria Network of NGOs 258. Nigeria Union of Teachers (Kaduna South Branch Women's Wing) 259. Nigeria Youth Aid Programme (NYAP) 260. Nigerian Girl Guides Association Anambra State 261. Nigerian Women Agro Allied Farmers Association (NIWAAFA) 262. NlC Women Committee Kaduna State 263. Noble Delta Women for Peace and Development International 264. NoMore234NG 265. Ofure Centre for Peace and Development 266. Ogayem Merciful Care and Support Initiative (OMCSI) 267. Okerio Okoro Anthony Development Foundation 268. Oladunjoye Foundation 269. One Love Community Development and Promotion of Peace Initiative 270. Online Hub Educational Services 271. Onomese Foundation 272. Our Lady of Perpetual Help initiative (OLPHI) 273. Ovie Brume Foundation 274. Owerri Daughter's League (ODL) 275. Pan African Young Women Development Initiative (PAYWODI) 276. Paradise Health Care Community Development Initiative (PAHCCDI Nigeria) 277. Partners for Peace 278. Partners West Africa – Nigeria (PWAN) 279. Partnership for Justice 280. Partnership to Inspire, Transform and Connect the HIV Response (PITCH) Nigeria 281. Peace Point Development Foundation -PPDF

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282. Peasants Dragnet 283. PEFoundation 284. Pius Dukor Foundation for Community Development & Advancement 285. Positive Outreach Foundation 286. Precious Cares for All Foundation 287. Prime Diamond Initiative for Community Health 288. Project Alert on Violence Against Women 289. Proton Life Foundation 290. Public Enlightenment Projects, Abia State 291. Raising New Voices Initiative 292. RATTAWU North West 293. Ravenbrooks International Initiative for Sustainable Development 294. Rays of Hope Community Foundation 295. Redeemer's Aids Initiative for People and Community (RAPAC) 296. REED Center 297. Rehoboth Community Advancement Initiative 298. Renascence of Hope Initiative 299. Responsible Citizenship and Human Development Initiative 300. Reube Fulbe Development Centre 301. Rights Enforcement and Public Law Centre (REPLACE) 302. Round Care Development Initiative (ROCDI) 303. Royal College of Health Technology 304. Ruldin Society for Neglected Women of Nigeria (RULSONWON) 305. Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) 306. Rural Health and Women Development 307. Ruth Bismark Health Foundation 308. Sabon Gari Peace Women initiative Kaduna State 309. Safehaven Development Initiative 310. Save the Child Initiative 311. Scripture Union West Africa (SUWA) 312. Securing the Creative Goldmine in Youths Initiative 313. Selfworth Organization for Women Development 314. Selu Afrique 315. Sesor Empowerment Foundation 316. She Forum Africa 317. She Speaks 318. Show Care Foundation 319. Silverchip Fox 320. Society for Abused Minors AIDS Victims 321. Society for Healthy Living 322. Society for Support and Welfare for the Underprivileged (SSWUP) 323. Society for Water and Sanitation 324. Society for Women and Aids in Africa (SWAANEDO) 325. Son-Kowa Women Association 326. South South Professional Women Association (SSPWA) 327. Speak Out Africa 328. Speaking Fingers Network 329. St Barthson Okoudo Care Foundation 330. Stand Out Global Empowerment Foundation 331. Stand to End Rape Initiative (STER) 332. Star Ruby Initiative 333. Sterling Centre for Law & Development 334. Strategy for Peace and Humanitarian Development Initiative (SPEHDI) 335. Street Project Foundation 336. Tabitha Cumi Foundation 337. Take A Cue Development Initiative 338. TechHer NG 339. The Art and Civic Table 340. The Farid Centre for People with Special Needs 341. The Pukiche Girl Child Foundation (TPGCF) 342. The STAGE for Women Coalition 343. The Youth Future Savers Initiative 344. Third Sector Development Solutions 345. Unique Muslim Sister's Association 346. Usamali Ekpeye Brothers Foundation 347. UTO Foundation 348. Value Rebirth Empowerment Initiative 349. VEAN Initiative 350. Vine Health Initiative Development in Nigeria 351. Virgin Heart Foundation 352. Vision Spring Initiative 353. Voice of Akwa Ibom Women 354. Voice of Disability Initiative (VDI)

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355. Water for Life 356. West Africa Network for Peacebuilding Nigeria (WANEP-Nigeria) 357. Widows Development Organisation 358. WILPF Nigeria 359. Women 4 Better Society Network 360. Women Advocacy on HIV&AIDS Prevention and Other Diseases (WAHPOD) 361. Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) 362. Women Aid Collective (WACOL) 363. Women and Youths Environmental Safety and Empowerment Organisation 364. Women Arise Development and Humanitarian Initiative 365. Women Committee, Nigerian Labour Congress Kaduna 366. Women Empowerment Initiative 367. Women Entrepreneurs Association of Nigeria (WEAN) 368. Women Environment and Youth Development Initiative (WOYODEV) 369. Women for Equity and Fairness Organisation of Nigeria (WEFON) 370. Women for Peace and Gender Equality Initiative (WOPEGEE) 371. Women for Peace and Unity Growth Initiative (WPUGI) 372. Women for Positive Change 373. Women for Women International Nigeria 374. Women Foundation of Nigeria 375. Women in Distress Organisation 376. Women in Law and Learning (WILL) 377. Women in Leadership Forum of Nigeria 378. Women in Politics Forum 379. Women Information Network (WINET) 380. Women Initiative for Leadership Strategy & Innovation in Africa (Women Africa) 381. Women Initiative on Climate Change 382. Women Law and Development Centre Nigeria (WLDCN) 383. Women of Vision Development Initiative 384. Women Peace and Security Network 385. Women Peace Builders Network 386. Women Peace Mentors and Mediators Form 387. Women Standard-Bearers International (WOSBI) 388. Women Wing, Christian Association of Nigeria (WOWICAN) 389. Women with Disability Self Reliance Foundation 390. Women Youths and Children Advancement Program (WOYCAP) 391. Women, Infants and Children Care Initiative (WICCI) 392. Women's Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) 393. Women's Right to Education Programme 394. Women’s Health and Equal Rights Initiative (WHER) 395. Women’s Rights and Health Project (WRAHP) 396. Women’s Situation Room Nigeria (WSRN) 397. Working Fingers International Initiative 398. Working Moms Africa 399. YIAGA Africa 400. Young Youth Network for Good Leadership in Nigeria (YYNGLIN) 401. Youth Concerns Development Foundation 402. Youth for Change Initiative 403. Youth Future Savers Initiative (YFSI) 404. Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) 405. Youths in Motion 406. Zhihwi Mercy Foundation 407. Zonta International Club of Lagos

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Contacts

Bukky Shonibare

Founder, Girl Child Africa

bukkyshonibare@gmail.com

+234 803 866 4607

Ariyo-Dare Atoye

Executive Director, Adopt A Goal Initiative

aristotle001us@yahoo.com

+234 803 062 0882

Buky Williams

Executive Director, Education as a Vaccine

olabukunola@gmail.com

+234 812 652 1196