How Caritas Nigeria performs Good Governance intervention

Caritas Nigeria emphasizes the importance of citizens’ active participation in governance to ensure a stable and peaceful society.

The key strategies include:

• Empowering Citizens: Promoting democratic values by supporting popular participation, peaceful conflict resolution, and free, fair, and credible elections.
• Transparency and Accountability: Encouraging citizen engagement to promote transparency and accountability in public institutions.
• Legislative Advocacy: Strengthening legislative advocacy for pro-poor legislation to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable are addressed.
• Focused Interventions: Concentrating on five major areas: Peace Building, Civic Education and Participation, Electoral Process, Policy and Legislative Engagement, and Prison Apostolate and Access to Justice. 

Caritas Nigeria’s good governance initiatives aim to foster an inclusive and representative governance system that meets the needs of the people.