Activities
Higlights/List of activities 2010/2011
Please find below more detailed information about selected activities carried out in 2010/2011. Feel free to contact us for more information.
Discussion Paper: The Jos Crisis: A Recurrent Nigerian Tragedy Abuja, June 28th, 2011
The recurrent conflict in and around Jos, located in Plateau State, has cost many lives and destroyed much property. The conflict is increasingly carried out along religious lines, but observers agree that the true causes are social and political. These causes have yet to be addressed. Read more
INEC Chairman visits Germany upon invitation by FES.
(Fr. L-R (1) INEC Chairman discussing with German Members of Parliament; (2) Prof. Okey Ibeanu, Chief Technical Advisor, Prof. Attahiru Jega, INEC Chairman, Prof. Lai Olurode, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Electoral Board; (3) Prof. Peter Eigen, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Prof. Gesine Schwan, Prof. Lai Olurode )
Upon invitation by FES, a Delegation of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), headed by its Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, has visited Germany from May 24 – 28, 2011. The purpose of the visit was to educate the German public and key decision-makers on the recent developments in Nigeria, relating to the April general elections, and to foster the dialogue between INEC and German electoral institutions. Read more
FES Resident Representative Thomas Mättig on the Presidential Elections 2011 (in German): http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2011-04/nigeria-praesident-wahl”
FES Resident Representative Thomas Mättig on the Nigerian elections 2011 (in German): http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2011-04/nigeria-wahlen
INEC and FES against Electoral Fraud, Abuja, March 17; Katsina, March 24, 2011.
Nigeria’s 2011 elections have raised hopes and fears across the country. Some observers went as far as to call them the “last chance” of the Nigerian democracy. The need to end the tradition of rigging, electoral violence and collusion between politicians and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has repeatedly been emphasized. Read more
Gender and Policing in the Nigerian Police, Abuja, March 7, 2011
In order to meet democratic standards, security agencies such as the police need to be truly representative of the society they serve. In the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), gender equality is still at a very early stage. Particularly in the middle or higher ranks of the NPF, women are heavily underrepresented. Read more.
Book Launch: (FES Discussion Paper No. 1): Anti-Corruption Policies in Nigeria Under Obasanjo and Yar'Adua: What to do After 2010? (by Dr. David U Enweremadu.
Book Launch: The State of Workers‘ Rights in Nigeria: An Examination of the Banking, Oil and Gas and Telecommunication Sectors (by Funmi Adewumi and Adebimpe Adenugba)
Workers’ Rights are Human Rights, and the implementation can serve as an indicator for the state of democracy in any society. In Nigeria’s fledging Oil & Gas, Telecomm and Banking sectors, issues like casualization of labour, late or no payment of salaries or sexual harassment at the workplace are a daily experience for many workers, as this study shows. The book launch that held in Lagos on November 15 gathered representatives of the Nigerian labour unions, the media and employers’ associations. The book is available at the FES offices in Lagos and Abuja. The book review by Dr. Otive Igbuzor, Director of the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development can be read here. To access online version of this book, please go to publications.
Security Challenges of Election Management: Towards Nigeria’s 2011
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in cooperation with FES held a workshop on security challenges of election management in Abuja on October 25-26. The workshop brought together the Chairman and Commissioners of INEC with eminent researchers and various national stakeholders from police, intelligence, media, private security companies, non-governmental institutions. The highlight of the event was an exchange with international guests. Read more
Roundtable on Nigeria’s Foreign Policy (FES Lagos, October 7, 2010)
In a true democracy, all areas of policy have to be subject to public discussions. Foreign policy is a particularly important area, since it not only shapes the country’s identity at large, but also determines its place and its future in the world. Read more
National Conference of Informal Workers Organisation in Nigeria
(16-17 June, 2010)
Approximately 80% of the working population in Nigeria is employed in the informal sector, but informal sector workers continue to suffer from comprehensive absence of social protection, access to friendly business environment, lack of representation and participation in political decision making processes. Read more
Oil and Gas Conference Abuja: "Fuelling the World - Failing the Region"? (24-25 May, 2010)
With new oil and gas finds in the region and increasing international competition about the world’s energy reserves, the perils of resource extraction are once more coming to the fore. The FES therefore held a high-ranking two-day conference in Abuja from May 25-26, entitled “Fuelling the World – Failing the Region? Read more
Increasing Citizens’ participation in the Katsina Local Government Areas
On the 23rd of March 2010, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the Community Information
Project (CIP), organized a community dialogue in Yar Tsamiya Gino, Kankara LGA, Katsina
State Read more