The civil society organisations (CSOs) have been urged to engage elected representatives for accountability, transparency, social inclusion and anti-corruption especially as the 2023 election draws near.
Speaking during a one day capacity building workshop for civil society organisations on strengthening their skills for better advocacy in the electoral and constitution reform process and raise public awareness program on anti-corruption, accountability social inclusion and transparency towards 2023 elections in Imo State held in Owerri, Imo State on Tuesday, Nnennaya Enyinnaya charged the CSOs to continually engage the politicians to ensure that as they move into election, they have the consciousness of ensuring dividend of democracy by their advocacy.
She took the participants through the roles of civil society organisations, especially strengthening their skills and knowledge of CSOs for better advocacy. She said the civil society organisations need to galvanize their strongest voices towards the campaign for the reign of good governance in the state.
The workshop which was organized by Alliances for Africa (AFA) with support from Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center (CISLAC) and MacArthur Foundation had the objective as “to improve knowledge and intensify media voices and demand in advocating for accountability, social inclusion, anti-corruption and transparency.
Nnennaya posited that good governance makes for social change that protects the citizens and provides the needed development for all and sundry.
She urged the participants to understand the impediment facing CSOs towards the realization of an effective and productive advocacy, stressing that there’s need to deploy the article 13 of African Union Convention on preventing and combating corruption.
The participants resolved to galvanize and congregate their voices for the campaign for good governance in Imo State.