January 30, (THEWILL) – The Kano Civil Society Forum (KCSF) has hosted a team from the Canadian Fund For Local Initiatives (CFLI) aimed at learning about the Initiative and exploring its support.
The meeting, which was held in Kano on Wednesday, also enabled about 40 civil society organisations (CSOs) in the state to tap into the opportunities provided by the CFLI.
Addressing journalists shortly after the interactive meeting, the President of the KCSF, Mohammed Bello, said the gathering also enabled the CSOs to understand the operations of the Initiative and explore the support it provides.
Bello said the CSOs could use such support from the CFLI to facilitate development within their respective communities.
“The CFLI is also here to learn from the CSOs what exactly they have been doing, and to what extent can the fund support their activities, looking at the challenges they face in delivering the kind of support they render at the level of their communities,” he said.
According to him, the meeting was to expose the CSOs under the umbrella of the KCSF to the opportunities found in the Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives and for the fund to also learn about the activities of the CSOs in order to know the attention they would need from the Donor Agencies.
The president also said that the CFLI shared their thoughts during the meeting about the thematic areas within the fund which the CSOs could benefit from.
He said such thematic areas included health, education, climate change, governance, entrepreneurship, peace and security.
He expressed delight that most of the CSOs in the state are working around the listed thematic areas which the Initiative is focusing on.
Abdullahi Yusuf is a seasoned journalist, communicator and was previously the Deputy Editor-In-Chief and Zonal Manager, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Jos, where he retired on December 15, 2021
