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New Nigeria Foundation was engaged by Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) to facilitate the 2015 Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) re-negotiations involving five Regional Development Councils (RDCs) and their State governments. The goal of the re-negotiations was to come up with agreements under the new GMoU (2015-2019) with the RDCs. The facilitation team from NNF was led by Prof. Obafemi Ajibola, the Managing […]

British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) organized a National Dialogue Session on Agricultural Policies and the Nigerian Smallholder Farmer on 6th October 2015. The event took place at the Southern Sun Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, with the theme “Government Agricultural Policies and the Nigerian Smallholder Farmer”. BATNF organised the event to provide an opportunity for experts and practitioners to have robust deliberations on the policy

The Managing Director of NNF, Prof. Obafemi Ajibola, was one of the participants at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference which held in Paris, France from 30th November to 12th December 2015. It was the 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The Facility for Oil Sector Transparency and Reform (FOSTER) engaged NNF to undertake a review of the VoluntaryPrinciples (VPs) on Security and Human Rights in Nigeria. The research, a DFID-funded project, sought to establish evidence-based stakeholders’ perspectives on the VPs. NNF carried out the study in four states – Delta, Bayelsa,Rivers and Lagos. The stakeholders

NNF team, comprising Layide Adesanya, Bunmi Olatunde and Chikodi Chiedo participated in Ford Foundation’s Interactive Forum on New Global Program Strategy on 15th December 2015. The event held at the Ford Foundation office, Lagos with over 70 people in attendance. Mr. Innocent Chukwuma, Country Representative of Ford Foundation informed participants that the Foundation has identified

New Nigeria Foundation hosted the 4th Forum on Inclusive Nigerian Development (FIND) Heads of Committees’ meeting on Thursday, 10th December 2015. The meeting was attended by Heads/representatives of the various FIND committees’ includingMessage, Sustainability, Call to Action and Strategy for Influence Committees. The meeting deliberated on the proposedengagement with states on economic growth and inclusiveness,

Ford  Foundation  provided support for a workshop organised by New Nigeria Foundation (NNF) on  the  theme, “Contemporary  Community Engagement Models in the Oil and Gas  Sector:  Lessons  for  other Sectors”. The workshop held at the Amber Residence in Ikeja, Lagos from 2nd to 3rd November 2017. It was organized to draw useful lessons from the