PIND is collecting insights and perspectives from different stakeholders under the PIND’s Participatory Strategic Review (PSR) exercise which will inform it’s priorities, identify new opportunities and guide the drafting of PIND’s five-year strategic plan for 2020 to 2024. Chime Asonye, Partnership and Engagement Manager at PIND Foundation talks to CNBC Africa about how PIND is…
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The Foundation for Partnership Initiative in the Niger Delta (PIND Foundation) in collaboration with the Ondo State Government organized a Cocoa Stakeholder’s Roundtable that brough all the key stakeholders in the Niger Delta and beyond together to discuss the common challenges affecting the sector, make recommendations to address the challenges and develop an action plan.…
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The Niger Delta peace and conflict landscape underwent substantial changes in the second quarter of 2019, compared to the first quarter of the year. There was a rise in lethal violence in the Niger Delta in Q2 2019 (See page 2). According to data uploaded to the P4P Peace Map (www.p4p-nigerdelta.org/peace-map), gang violence, criminality, communal…
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The Foundation for Partnership initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND Foundation) has signed a partnership agreement with Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to train 200 youth in Edo State youth on renewable energy. Aimed at improving income generating employment opportunities for the young women and men in the state, the course is designed to…
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The Niger Delta’s nine states account for about 75 percent of palm oil production in Nigeria and 80 percent of the production from the region comes from smallholder farmers. The proliferation of adulterated seedlings however threatens the livelihoods of oil palm farmers and is stifling the growth of the sector in Nigeria. PIND Half Hour,…
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Kingsley Ojeah pruning bunches with his MAH at his farm in Ubule-Uku in Delta State PIND has affected the lives of over 26, 000 palm fruits farmers with training on best practices like adoption of MAH On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, two women in their early 30s were on a moving motorcycle along Ubulu-Uku -…
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In the 1960s, Nigeria was the leading producer of palm oil. Though the country still remains one of the largest producers, it now meets domestic demands through imports. The Niger Delta region accounts for roughly 57% of the palm oil produced in Nigeria. As Nigeria’s population continues to grow, there is an increase in…
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Founded in 1940s by missionaries, Baptist High School in Borokiri area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was all-boys until 2006 when it turned coeducational. But having girls in the school poses a greater security challenge to the school administrators. “With all the cult activities, most of the youths will like to come to our school…
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For a long time Rachael Misan-Ruppee had always nursed the ambition of touching the lives of people in her community. Each time she mooted the idea of what to do contribute to development of Warri, the capital city of Delta State, a number of options ran through her mind. She could not really place her…
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