2024/04/26 17:00:00 Every five years, PIND develops a strategic plan informed by a Participatory Strategic Review (PSR) of our work. This is to assess the effectiveness of our developmental strategies and approaches and inform our new strategic direction, and identify opportunities for continued effectiveness and relevance in the Niger Delta. As we approach the [...]
Tunji Idowu, the Executive Director of the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), has called on journalists to join PIND in telling stories of the development in the Niger Delta. Mr. Idowu said this at an interactive session with the three recipients of the PIND Prize for Niger Delta Development Reporting [...]
The MSD project is organizing a 3-Day online workshop via zoom. This workshop targets Business Support Providers (BSPs) for MSMEs. During the workshop training, Business Support Providers will be trained on: 1. Building Sustainable Business Development Center 2. BDS Structure, Systems and Business Processes 3. Tools and Solutions for BSPs and MSMEs (Hands on). If [...]
In continuing its efforts to reduce youth unemployment within Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) unveiled the Ondo State edition of its Youth Employment Pathways (YEP) program in Akure, the state capital, on January 17, 2024. PIND collaborated with the Ondo state government and other state actors [...]
PIND was at the 32nd Diamond Awards for Media Excellence on Sunday, December 10, at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos, to present the PIND Prize for Niger Delta Development Reporting to three worthy journalists whose reports stood out in this special category: Yekeen Akinwale (Winner), Shola O'Neil (Runner up), and Soni Daniel (Runner up). Akinwale, who [...]
PIND's Access to Energy (A2E) Project will host a virtual workshop closing out its Health Electrification and Telecommunications Alliance in collaboration with ABT Associates, USAID, and Power Africa. The project powered 12 health facilities with solar energy in 2 communities in Bayelsa State, 5 in Delta State, and 5 in Ondo State. This is part [...]
In pursuit of the promotion of equitable and progressive taxation at the sub-national level in Nigeria, the Rivers State Tax Justice and Governance Platform, in collaboration with the Foundation for Partnership in the Niger Delta (PIND), organized a one-day Stakeholders Tax Policy Dialogue in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The event aimed to foster collaboration and [...]
A consortium that involves PIND has won a European Union (EU) grant to implement a peacebuilding project titled, ‘A Community-Centered Approach to Transforming Criminality and Violence in the Niger Delta’, across three states: Delta, Bayelsa and Rivers states. Other consortium members are Search for Common Ground, (Lead), Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), and the Academic Associates [...]
PIND facilitated the registration of peace clubs in the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic (Akwa Poly), Federal College of Education- FCE (Technical), Asaba and Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri. The clubs were registered with the support of patrons and matrons who are lecturers in the institutions. The patrons and matrons were identified [...]
In May 2022, the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) assessed the impact of multiple taxation and illegal levies on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Niger Delta region. The report highlighted the burden of multiple taxation on small businesses, the significant challenges it poses, and its impact on the [...]
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