From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse
The Organization for Community and Civic Engagement (OCCEN), with support from EU, ACT has succeeded in strengthening over 40 groups on public policy decision in Kano State within one year.
This achievement was recorded in a statement signed by the executive director of OCCEN, comrade Abdul-razaq Alqali.
According to the statement, the move also created an enabling environment where CSOs and marginalized citizens (women, girls, youth, men, boys and PWDs) can engage and interact with power holders on matters promoting inclusive governance, participation in policy decision, and demanding political accountability in Kano State.
“The purpose of this project is to tackle weak public accountability and government unresponsiveness in Kano State, exclusion of women and adolescent girls and the policy environment is not conducive to good governance development.
“The project objectives are to build the capacity of ten (10) selected CSOs on public policy participation in Kano state, to build the capacity of thirty (30) Champions of marginalized groups (10 each for women, youth and adolescent girls) on public policy participation in Kano state.”
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