14 CSOs, 8 INDIVIDUALS MONITORED PALLIATIVE ITEMS OF KWARA GOVERNMENT

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led the Federal and State Governments in Nigeria to enforce a lockdown order on citizens in order to control the spread of the virus. In a bid to support the poorest of the poor citizens that were mostly affected by the lockdown, the Kwara State Government initiated the distribution of palliatives (food items and money) to citizens.

The government set up a COVID-19 Palliative Subcommittee chaired by HRH, Alh. Haliru Yahaya, The Emir of Tsonga. The committee has Dr. (Mrs) AbdulBaqi Saudat, Mr. Lawal Oloungbebe, among others as members. The committee, through Mr. Oloungbebe, contacted ENetSuD to mobilize Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that will help in the monitoring of the exercise for transparency and accountability purposes. Thus, ENetSuD approached the following sister CSOs and NGOs who eventually volunteered to collaborate in the monitoring exercise and were incentivised with a daily payment of 2,500 – 3,500 naira whenever the activity was done:

CATEGORY A: CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS / NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

1. Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD)     

• Dr. Alagbonsi Abdullateef (Coordinator, ENetSuD)
• Mr. Moshood Lanre Osho (Deputy Coordinator, Projects Tracking)
• Mr. Usman Baba Mahmud (General Secretary)
• Mr. Yusuf Abdulkadir Nafanwona (Director of Investigation and Public Petition, Kwara North)
• Mr. Tewogbola Kazeem Kajogbola (Director of Investigation and Public Petition, Kwara South)
• Mr. Alhassan Muhammad Lamido (Project Monitoring Officer, Patigi LGA)
• Mr. Taofiq Muhammad Abdulrazaq (Monitoring Officer, Offa LGA

2. Centre for Community Empowerment and Poverty Eradication (CCEPE)

• Mr. Abdurrahman Akindele Ayuba

3. Grassroots Development Monitoring and Advocacy Centre (GDMAC)

• Mr. S.O. Abdulrazaq

4. Brain Builders International (BBI)

• Dr. Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao

5. Youth Advocacy Health Foundation Nigeria (YAHF-Nigeria)

• Mr. Salau Adekunle

6. Meadows Community and Development Outreach (MCDO)

• Mr. Saliu Bashiru K.

7. Theios Caregivers Initiative

• Ms. Anthonia Oshiniwe
  

8. Org. for the Sustainance of the Nig. Environment (OSNE)

• Ms. Angela Okoye

9. Impact Driven Initiative for Sustainable Development (IDISD)

• Hanafi Olanrewaju Rabiu

10. Media Advocacy and Technologies Center (MATEC)

• Comrade Bello Jimoh 

11. Hashim Initiative for Community Advancement (HICA)

• Mr. Saliu M. Saliu
• Mr. Abdulazeez Idowu
• Ayedara Afeez

12. Hannis Institute for Developmental Studies (HIDS)

• Mr. Bolaji Monsur
• Mr. Abdulrauf T. Kuranga

13. Voice of Ilorin Community and Environs

• Mr. Saadudeen Abdulrasheed

14. League Of Women Voters Of Nigeria

• Folashade Aransiola

CATEGORY B:   INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT AFFILIATION TO CSOs/NGOs

1. Comrade Ahmed Luqman Adana
2. Mr. Aliu Ridwan
3. Imam Kamaldeen
4. Mr. AbdulRahman AbdulBaqi
5. Mr. Ahmed Abdulbasit
6. Aliyu Abdulrahman
7. Muhammad Sanni Ismaila
8. Mr. Abdulrasaq Dayo Ahmed.

Palliative Monitoring Coordinator: Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD)