For eight years in my work with International Press Center, Lagos
the SCEEP project has been the most multitasking, challenging, risk laden and
fun fulfilled project ever embarked upon by my organisation
The community based project tagged Strengthening
Citizens’ Engagement in Electoral Processes (SCEEP) being implemented across
ten (10) States by ACTIONAID Nigeria, is funded by UKAID through The Department for International Development (DFID).
IPC being the Lagos implementing partner concurs
that this project has brought us down from ‘our high horses’ to the real world.
In fact, the experiences garnered through this project have revealed that a lot
needs to be done in terms of propagating the issues of development in rural
areas.
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| Itun-agan community |
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| IPC team en-route to Itun-agan |
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| Fishing : The main source of livelihood at Itun-agan |
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| Itun-agan community |
Development reporting is vital to ensuring that
the voiceless are heard and governance is held accountable to people who voted
them in. Funders therefore should encourage reporters to venture into
development reportage otherwise the poor
will continue to languish in their plight amidst plenty.
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