Citizens’ active participation in governance is a vital aspect of a stable and peaceful society. When citizens are actively involved in choosing their leaders and in decision-making processes, it leads to a more inclusive and representative governance system that meets the needs of the people. Duty-bearers, such as elected officials, civil servants, and law enforcement agencies, have an obligation to serve and protect the interests of citizens. However, without proper oversight and citizen’s engagement, abuse of power, corruption, and injustice festers. Active participation in governance by citizens promotes transparency and accountability in public institutions. Caritas Nigeria is intentional about empowering the citizens to consciously promote these democratic values across all levels of government by supporting popular participation of citizens, peaceful resolution of conflict, promoting free, fair and credible elections and strengthening of legislative advocacy for pro-poor legislation.
Caritas Nigeria’s good governance intervention focuses on five major areas, namely; Peace Building, Civic Education and Participation, Electoral Process, Policy and Legislative Engagement, Prison Apostolate and Access to Justice.