Thread by @civicactionng

“Regulating certain aspects of the operations of civil society organisations is critical to public trust and confidence in our sector.”

~Oluseyi Oyebisi, Executive Director, Nigeria Network of NGOS (NNNGO) represented by Ms Crystal Chigbu @Xrystalc ED, @theirede
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“As a sector, we exist to do good, this is what our supporters, donors and the public expect of us, part of doing this good is also not doing bad as it abuses public trust. It is the role of regulation to prevent us from doing this badly.”

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“We are not saying No to regulation, but we want to be transparent and we want to have the propitiation of these regulations in place.”

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“We have researched the Civil society regulatory framework in Nigeria and found 58 laws guiding and shaping the operations of civil society organisations in our country, 43 laws and regulations of the Federal Government..
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..9 subnational regulatory frameworks and 6 subregulational models. These findings have helped us put at rest the narrative that civil society organisations are not regulated and have supported the argument around the burden of regulation.”

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“We must now modernise civil society regulation in a way that instils public trust and confidence through ease of registration and compliance.”

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