Ground Zero : BUDESHI RADIO – Can Procurement Monitoring Improve the quality of Service delivery in Nigeria (Project Watch)
Project Watch has been monitoring projects in Jaba, Jema’a, Kaura, and Zangon Kataf local government areas of Kaduna State. Members of the team are drawn from Coalition of Associations for Leadership, Peace, Empowerment & Development (CALPED), Follow Taxes, Community Youth Volunteer Network Initiative, Blueprint Newspaper. Project Watch is being supported by the Public and Private […]
Chikun LG Boss Commits to abide by Public Procurement Law
…As Councillor of Rido Ward holds community town hall meeting In accordance with Open Government Partnership (OGP) principles – State Public Procurement Law and guidelines – the Chikun Local Government Council of Kaduna state has marshaled out a procurement plan and other related data for citizens to access, monitor and track budget implementation and procurement. […]
REVIEW OF THE KADUNA STATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN (SDP 2016-2021) AND BLOCKAGES TO BE ADDRESSED
By Yusuf Goje For keen observers of happenings in Kaduna state over the past four years and counting, it should be common knowledge that a number of governance reforms have been initiated by the State government, largely driven under the Public Financial Management (PFM) system and Open Government Partnership (OGP). These reforms have been deployed […]
Sabo Tasha Constituents Demand Good Governance from el-Rufai As CALPED Train Residents On Projects Tracking.
Residents of Sabo Tasha, one of the largest electoral ward in Kaduna state, say they have been abandoned by the Kaduna state government. This was a popular complain among participants at a training on Contract tracking, developing Community Development Charter and Projects Audits organised by Coalition of Associations of Leadership, Peace, Empowerment and Development (CALPED) […]
Climate Action: CALPED sets to plant 10 million trees in Kaduna
Proposes Collaboration With National Forestry Research Institute. A multi-stakeholder project to plant 10 million economic trees in Kaduna state in the next six years is in the works towards enhancing the state’s vegetal cover, in accordance with the renewed global campaign against climate change. Head, Social and Enterprise Development of the Coalition of Associations for […]
CLIMATE CHANGE: Environmentalists, CSO’s Partner with Govt.
In a bid to cushion the increasing adverse effects of climate change on the environment, non-state actors under the aegis of Network of Civil Society in Environment (NCSE), during the week in Kaduna, sought for a robust partnership with the state’s Environment and Natural Resources Ministry to address numerous environmental challenges facing the state. Receiving […]
Media, Citizens Set To Track Campaign Promises….
…Ground Zero creates platform for media, CSO to engage public officers Citizens have been told to hold elected officials accountable to campaign commitments if they wish to see good governance and development. This was part of the consensus reach at an audience participatory radio phone-in programs , GROUND ZERO, monitored in Kaduna on Saturday by […]
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF ROUNDTABLE ENGAGEMENT ON OPEN CONTRACTING IN KADUNA STATE FACILITATED BY (CALPED) IN COLLABORATION WITH (ICoVAP)
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE ONE DAY ROUNDTABLE ENGAGEMENT ON OPEN CONTRACTING IN KADUNA STATE FACILITATED BY COALITION OF ASSOCIATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP, PEACE, EMPOWERMENT & DEVELOPMENT (CALPED) IN COLLABORATION WITH INTIATIVE FOR COLLECTIVE VOICE, ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROGRESS (ICoVAP) HELD APRIL 25, 2019 PREAMBLE On April 25, 2019, Coalition of Associations for Leadership, Peace, […]