Nigerian Lawmakers Move to Cripple NGOs, Voluntary Organisations

opinion

Here is some bad news for voluntary organisations, including churches and mosques involved in running social services like schools, hospitals and orphanages.

If they rely on foreign financial and material support for any of their interventions, the future is going to be made bleak, thanks to the House of Representatives. The House plans to make it mandatory for voluntary organisations to get approval from government before they can access and use ‘foreign financial and material contributions’ in Nigeria.

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