The Mambayya House in Kano has been granted a fresh $800,000 grant to implement the second phase of the anti-corruption project for another three years.
This followed the completion of the first phase of the Anti-corruption Project funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation from 2018 to 2020 with $1,000,000 grant.
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The Mambayya House otherwise known as Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies was founded in November 2000 as a research and training unit of the Bayero University, Kano.
Briefing Journalists at the first bi-annual press conference at Mambayya House, the Project Director, MacArthur Foundation Project, Professor Isma’il M. Zango, said the Anti-Corruption Project 2021-2024 was aimed at disseminating the story and results of the project entitled, “Promoting Accountability and Anti-Corruption through Behavioral Change Approaches.”
The centre has been working on the project with four sub-grantees namely: The Interfaith Network Against Corruption (INAC). Kano; the Interfaith Mediation Centre (IMC), Kaduna; the Inter-religious Coalition Against Corruption in Nigeria (ICACN), Lagos; and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka Muslim Community (UNNMC), Nsukka.
Zango said that the project was aimed at mobilising and educating citizens to actively engage in activities that would strengthen social accountability and improve service delivery in local communities.
