From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has expressed worries over the federal government action for re-awarding the Abuja-Kaduna highway contract to Infoquest Nigeria Limited, an inactive company…
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NUJ President Visits CISLAC, Calls for Strengthened Media-Civil Society Partnership
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr. Alhassan Yahaya, has called for a deeper partnership between the media and civil society to advance democracy and…
2025: CISLAC/TI Nigeria, Urges Reform to Address Challenges in Critical Sectors
By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria expresses deep concern over the lingering socio-economic challenges that plagued the nation throughout 2024 urges reforms in critical…
CISLAC Commends Supreme Court for Upholding Legality of Anti-Corruption Agencies
…Calls for Constitutional Mainstreaming, Judicial Reforms, and Punishment of Corrupt Judges and Lawyers The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) commends the Supreme Court of Nigeria for its landmark judgement on Friday,…
CISLAC worries over judgement Halting Rivers allocation, warns against Destabilizing Nigerian Democracy
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has expressed profound concern over the recent Federal High Court ruling that restricts the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other…
CISLAC Urges Tinubu to take action on promises, Calls for Genuine Dialogue, Improved Governance in Nigeria
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to show greater commitment in addressing Nigeria’s socio-economic and political challenges. The organization emphasized the need for genuine dialogue and…
Adamawa: CISLAC trains stakeholders on information disclosure in defense, security
From Umar Dankano, Yola Lack of prudent budgetary expenditures and impact flow of information have been identified as critical challenges bedeviling the security services in the country. Stakeholders including personnel of the…
Stop wasteful spendings amid economic hardship, CISLAC tells apex Bank
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Civil Society legislative and advocacy centre (CISLAC) has issued a strong call to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to curb extravagant spending and reduce the high cost…
Police Allegations Against NLC: CISLAC Worries Over Desperate Attempts to Silence Labour
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has expressed deep concern over recent allegations by the Nigerian Police, which it perceives as an attempt to silence the…
Hajj 2024: Alleged N90 Billion Subsidy Fraud – CISLAC Applauds ICPC Probe
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, has commended the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for launching…
CISLAC commends Tinubu’s call for dialogue, commitment to addressing citizens’ concerns
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has applauded President Bola Tinubu for his recent address urging protesters and organizers to suspend further protests and embrace dialogue. In a statement signed by…
CISLAC to Protesters avoid destruction of Public Properties amid National Protest
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has called on protesters to maintain peace and avoid the destruction of properties amid growing concerns that the demonstrations have been…
Government Should Set a Timeframe to Address Concerns Instead of Suppressing Protests, Says CISLAC
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has urged the Nigerian government to set a clear timeframe for addressing citizens’ grievances rather than merely attempting to suppress protests. Executive Director of CISLAC,…
Kano Emirate Tussle: CISLAC Calls for Immediate Action to Preserve Peace, Stability
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has expressed deep concern over the ongoing power tussle involving the reinstated Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, and the dethroned Emir, Alhaji Aminu Ado…
Tabacco control : As Kano/Jigawa rank higher consumers CISLAC engages stakeholders
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre ( CISLAC) with support from Tax Justice Network organised a one day multi-stakeholders engagement on Tabacco taxation in Jigawa with aims to…
CISLAC/TI-Nigeria Commends EFCC for Recovering N30 Billion from Suspended Minister
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria) have lauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its recent recovery of N30 billion from the investigation…
Senator Ningi’s Suspension: CISLAC Expresses Worries Over Attacks On Freedom Of Expression
…Calls for opposition’s rights and independence From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria) is seriously perturbed by the undemocratic action and questionable decision by…
Tobacco Consumption: CISLAC Urges Jigawa Government to Localize Laws as Nigeria Maintains Leading Position
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse In an effort to save thousands of lives, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), supported by Tax Justice Network Africa, has called on the Jigawa State government…
Stakeholders Unite To Revive Food Security
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), National Economic Summit Group (NESG), E-Health Africa, and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), through a Third-Party Advocacy Campaign (TPAC),…
CISLAC, WACSOF, TMG Advocate Dialogue to Prevent ECOWAS Disintegration
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Civil Society Legislative and Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF), and Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) are calling for dialogue to avert the disintegration of ECOWAS…
Humanitarian Ministry: CISLAC Rejects Appointment of Enitan
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria received with utter disappointment, the appointment of the Permanent Secretary the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan to run…
Transparency International, CISLAC Mourn the Passing of Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna Transparency International Nigeria and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) expressed deep sorrow over the demise of Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba, the former Speaker of the House…
$150M Abacha Loot Return: CISLAC, TI France Urge Nigeria, France To Uphold Asset Recovery Laws
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, and Transparency International, TI-France chapter,have jointly called on Nigeria and France to uphold asset recovery laws ahead of the return of $150 million looted by…
CISLAC Expresses Concern over Alleged Electoral Compromise, Calls for Urgent Reforms
From Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International in Nigeria held a National Seminar on Targeted Electoral Reforms and Enhanced Judicial Integrity in Post-election Litigation. In a communique…
CISLAC concerns on questionable 2023 supplementary budget
By Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani) Despite the nation’s vulnerable financial situation, the Federal Government has continued its inclination towards extravagance, opulence, and a lack of efficiency in its second 2023 Supplementary budget….