Nana Afadzinu, Executive Director, West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), says the institute is set to launch its node in Nigeria, as part of measures to positively impact and set-up more opportunities for over 46,000 civil society organisations in the country.
Afadzinu, during a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, said it will be officially launched on November, 16, 2022 at the NAF conference centre and suites, Abuja.
Explaining the role ‘WACSI Node’ would play on civil society organisations, she said, “Given the large number of civil society organisations in the country, comprising approximately 46,000 non-governmental organisations (and counting) across the six geo-political zones of the country.
“It became evident to the board and management of WACSI that to be more responsive to the demands of civil society in Nigeria, we needed to make the Institute’s services easily accessible and more affordable to civic actors in Nigeria.
“One way to do this, in addition to others that we are already undertaking such as providing services online, is to address the proximity challenge and especially make WACSI’s services available to organisations and civic actors that may not have the means to engage effectively online.
“There are several hard-working civic actors and organisations that are not in the big cities and many may not have easy access to the capacity building opportunities.
“The WACSI node will act as a liaison office and connect civil society organisations and their partners to the various service offerings provided by WACSI.”
