Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Nigeria Office
Abuja & Lagos

Phone:
+234 (0)9 6708 569 (Abuja)

+234 803 899 8708 (Abuja)

+234 (0)1 7942 077 (Lagos)

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Upcoming activities

  • Press Conference, Abuja 21 November, 2011: African Industrialisation Day.
  • Harmattan School Kaduna 14-19 November in cooperation with Partner Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)
  • Building the Response of Government and Citizens to Budget Tracking and Usage of Performance Score Card as an Aid to Public Accountability and Transparency at the LGA levels in Osun and Oyo States 14-18
    November, 2011 with Partner Centre for Human Rights and Ethics in Development (CHRED)
  • Electricity Sector Reforms: Challenges and the way forward Kaduna 26-27 October, 2011 with Partner National Union of Electricity Employee (NUEE)

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Welcome to FES Nigeria

Barka da zuwa FES Nigeria!
E k’abo si FES t'ile Nigeria!
Nno, anyi n’anabata unu na FES Nigeria!


Conference “The Fruit of our Labour: A New agenda for Improving Conditions of Journalist in Africa”, Abuja, July 20th-21st, 2011.


IFJ FAJ FES Conference July 2011

(Fr. L-R (1) Gabriel Baglo - FAJ Director; (2) Omar Faruk Osman Nur - FAJ President; (3) Owei Lakemfa - NLC General Secretary; (4) Thomas Maettig FES Resident Rep.; (5) Mohamed Garba NUJ President)

Journalists in Africa face dire working conditions, characterized by a lack of social security, no regular salary payments and multiple threats to life and safety. Although collective bargaining agreements have been developed, they have hardly been implemented. In 2008 the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) was founded with the main objectives to set labour regulations, defend freedom of expression and to increase communication amongst its members.

Under the objective of assessing “The Fruit of our Labour: A New agenda for Improving Conditions of Journalist in Africa”, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Nigeria invited journalist from all over Africa to participate in a two day conference, in cooperation with the International Federation of Journalist (IJF) and the FAJ. Representatives of Journalists’ Unions discussed how to strategize for better working conditions, how to establish collective bargaining mechanisms in the media sector and how to strengthen journalists’ unions in Africa.

Please find the Final Declaration of the conference HERE and an FES publication on the Welfare of Journalists in Nigeria HERE

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