Communiqué issued at the end of the 14th Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR) with the theme: INCREASING TRANSPARENCY AND PARTICIPATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOCIAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMME organized by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) in Maiduguri on September 10, 2019 with the support of SCRAP-C-Actionaid and MacArthur Foundation, in partnership with […]

Communique Issued at the End of the 13th Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR) with the Theme: Setting Anti-Corruption Agenda for the 9th National Assembly Organized by Human Resource Development Agenda, (HEDA) with the support of the MacArthur Foundation and Actionaid-Nigeria, Held at Reiz Continental Hotel, Abuja On Thursday, August 22, 2019. The historic event had in […]

Introduction and Backgrounds As usual, the end of the year 2022 presents yet another opportunity to assess the fight against corruption. No doubt, it remains a consistently sad account that the annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI) continues to rank Nigeria low on anti-corruption. The issues and concerns remain constant and […]

Introduction and Background The 27th Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR) was themed: “Towards Nigeria’s 2023 General Elections” with the objective to seek to re-evaluate the situation and discuss those issues capable of affecting the sanctity of the forthcoming general elections. This is with a view to sensitizing relevant stakeholders and towards making agenda-setting recommendations to key […]

Being the Communique issued at the end of a one day seminar organized by Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) in collaboration with the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) with the theme The Imperative of State Anti-Corruption Agency: Kano State as a Case Study held at […]

Vote Trading and Other Electoral Corruption in the 2019 General Elections: Setting Agenda for Prosecution and Reforms: HEDA and collaborating CSOs and government agencies fulfil promise to collaborate. On April 10, 2019, stakeholders gathered at the 9th ACSR to exchange experience, collate reports of electoral corruption in line with the commitment made at the 8th […]

8TH ANTI-CORRUPTION SITUATION ROOM Partnership for Monitoring, Documenting, Reporting, and Prosecuting Vote Trading During the February And March General Elections: Partners give commitments for joint observation for prosecution of offenders. HEDA in collaboration with Transition Monitoring Group and other partnering CSOs and NGOs extracted a commitment from the Police Service Commission, Independent Corrupt Practices and […]

As the world once again gather, this time in Glasgow, Scotland, for the 26th Conference of Parties (COP 26), the UN Climate Change Conference which holds from November 1 to November 12, 2021, the African continent and indeed Nigeria needs a more strategic approach to make the best of the conference if it indeed will […]

In March, HEDA held a one day hybrid Conference on Int. Anti-corruption Court- IACC, and its Partner -Integrity Initiatives International (III) with the Support of MacArthur Foundation. With the theme: “Instituting International Anti-Corruption court: Issues, Challenges & Opportunities for Engagement”,  dozens of experts, state actors and top professionals from across the world virtually and physically […]