CEPAD Nigeria

2005-07-24T14:35:00.000+01:00

CENTRE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND MOBILIZATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA (CEPAD)

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ABOUT THE CENTRE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND MOBILIZATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

The Centre for Public Education and Mobilization for Development in Nigeria (CEPAD) is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit, non-partisan organization with focus on human and community development established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with headquarters in Yola, Adamawa State of Nigeria.

OUR VISION:

A society where people are well equipped with knowledge and skills on how to develop themselves and their community and mobilized to utilize such knowledge and skills to combat poverty, maternal and infant mortality, HIV/AIDS and promote democracy and good governance as well as universal primary education and gender equality in their communities.

OUR MISSION:

To utilize the best public education and mobilization tools to equip people and communities with the knowledge and skills to combat poverty, maternal and infant mortality, HIV/AIDS and promote democracy and good governance as well as universal primary education and gender equality in their communities.

CEPAD’S FOCUS AND THE NEED TO EDUCATE AND MOBILIZE NIGERIANS FOR DEVELOPMENT

Through the years, CEPAD has come to recognize that in Nigeria, peoples inability to develop themselves as well as participate and contribute meaningfully to the development of their society stems not from their lack of interest to do so, but from their lack of knowledge and skills about what to do, why they should do it, how to do it, when to do it and where to even do it. For this lack of knowledge they have continued to suffer all forms injustices, deprivation, diseases and above all poverty.

Today in Nigeria, poverty has in so many ways been misconstrued by some scholars and most non scholars to simply mean the lack of material things, yet it is well known that in the process of social change or development, being excluded from the governance process where decisions on the development and wellbeing of the people are taken in itself creates room for the larger number of people to be afflicted by poverty. This is so because, if people do not know when, where and how to engage the governance process so that issues that affect them or are inimical to their growth and development are brought to the fore and addressed, the leaders as evidenced by our past history may continue to neglect them leading to their continued descent into poverty.

Although Nigeria today practices representative democracy, not much is known by the citizens about the obligation of their representatives to them neither do they know what their obligations are to the democratic process and to the society as a whole. Because of their lack of knowledge about what development entails and how they can constructively develop themselves and their communities, they perpetually have to contend with all forms of polemics by politicians and sycophants about what is good for them and how efforts are being made to alleviate their plight. Under the circumstance they become vulnerable to misinformation and misdirection.

The crisis that emanated from the polio vaccine administration in the north is a case in point. Even though a truce has been achieved in the matter, the impression has already been established among some people of the perceived danger of the vaccine and still do not present their wards for vaccination. Today the scourge of HIV/AIDS is on the rise but the commitment and drive towards educating members of the public about the scourge is still like a drop in the ocean when compared with the drive, commitment and resources committed to other sectors that hold little or nothing to the alleviation of their plight. In the area of governance, it has become the exclusive preserve of some few. The electorates are often jettisoned after elections and not consulted in the governance process until another election is due.

CEPAD’s mission is therefore informed by the need to contribute to the national effort to empower citizens to fight poverty, HIV/AIDS, maternal and infant mortality and promote democracy, good governance, universal basic education and community development in Nigeria. CEPAD hopes through its programmes to involve Nigerians in the governance process and empower them to overcome poverty, HIV/AIDS and such other problems that limit their growth.

STRUCTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION:

ORGANS:

Congress
Board of Governors
Secretariat

The organization has a Board of Governors which is made up of seven members and a Management Team. The day-to-day management of the organisation’s secretariat is carried out by a Coordinator with assistance from five other staff, some on full time employment and others as volunteers. The congress meets every two years to elect members of the Board of Governors.

COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

· Dr. Elizabeth Nyandaiti
· Dr. Wesley Nafarnda
· Mrs. Glory Bala Atiwurcha
· Barrister Gwatia Laraba Wesley
· Mr. Marcus H. M. Bangshika
· Mallam Ibraheem Musa
· Dr. Yusha Sabo Gaya

SPECIFIC NUMBER OF STAFF AT THE SECRETARIAT:

Coordinator (Full time) - 1
Programme Officers (Full time) - 1
Programme Assistant (Volunteer) - 3
Administrative/Accounts Assistant (Full time) - 1

MEMBERSHIP:

Membership is open to individuals irrespective of class, sex, creed, ethnicity, HIV/AIDS status or physical disability.

EMPLOYMENT POLICY:
Employment by the organization is open to qualified individuals irrespective of class, sex, creed, ethnicity, HIV/AIDS status or physical disability.

MEMBERSHIP OF NETWORKS/COALITIONS:
CEPAD is a member of the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG)

SOURCES OF FUNDS:
CEPAD’s funding has been through donations, project grants from funding organizations and membership dues.

ADDRESS:

CENTRE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND MOBILIZATION FOR DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA, ( CEPAD )
NO. 40, ATIKU ABUBAKAR ROAD, JIMETA,
YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE.

TELEPHONE: 234 8038022909, 234 8055242114

E-MAIL: centreforpubliceducation@yahoo.com

WEBSITE: http://www.cepadnigerian.blogspot.com/

CEPAD’S PROGRAMME AREAS:

DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

UNDER OUR DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE PROGRAMMES THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARE COVERED:
1. Promoting Democracy and Good Governance through Civic/Voter education and Election observation
2. Promoting Democracy and Good Governance through Human rights protection
3. Promoting Democracy and Good Governance through Women’s rights protection

UNDER OUR POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARE COVERED:
1. Poverty Alleviation through Livestock/ Poultry Production
2. Poverty Alleviation through Farming
3. Poverty Alleviation Through Skills Acquisition
4. Community Development through Maternal and Infant health education
5. Community Development through HIV/AIDS education
6. Community Development through Reproductive health education
7. Community Development through Peace Building and Conflict resolution
8. Community Development through Primary and Secondary Education

CEPAD’S PUBLICATION:

CEPAD is in the process of publishing a news letter to be called ‘COMMUNITY LINK’

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