30- Year Development Plan – A Roadmap in Taking Policy Decisions

’I am Dr. Nnnena Chikezie, the Permanent Secretary and the Executive Secretary of Abia State Planning Commission. Our collaboration with PIND in developing the Abia State long term plan was very demanding. It was equally a learning process and it gave us confidence that we were dealing with an organization that has strong technical strength to deliver. Even with the COVID-19, PIND kept pushing on, encouraging the State to go with the project. PIND gave us a project manager that would not stop until he got the target achieved. We had to adapt to the new normal and because there was every need to deliver the project on PIND’s part, they supported us in every way.

PIND 2021 Q2 Progress Report

PIND 2021 Q2 PROGRESS REPORT April – June 2021 This report highlights the achievements of PIND’s program interventions in the Niger Delta from April – June 2021 (Quarter 2 of 2021). It also provides relevant information about program management, lessons learned, and plans for the next quarter. The report demonstrates how PIND is driving change,…

Case Study: Private Sector Engagement and Social Investment in the Niger Delta

The Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND) and the Niger Delta Partnership Initiative Foundation (NDPI), along with fact-finding partner Frontier Design announce a novel study published by Georgetown University’s Business for Impact which comprises analysis and research outcomes from ten years of investment in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region by Chevron and USAID to expand capacity and value..

Delta State Labour Market Assessment Report

DOWNLOAD THE ASSESSMENT REPORT & VIEW FULL REPORT Youth unemployment and underemployment is a major challenge in developing nation like Nigeria where youth constitute more than 60% of the nation’s population. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) whereas national unemployment and underemployment rate escalated from 37.2% to 40% in the second quarter of…

Uduak’s Bold Move into Male-Dominated Construction Sector!

’My name is Uduak Etuk; I’m from Ekono Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Currently, I’m a woodworker. I graduated with a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Business Administration. After my NYSC (National Youth Service Corps), I have worked for several corporate bodies as an administrator, but I never saw the satisfaction in the job, so I had to stop. Then I picked up a form to start my post-graduate diploma, but along the line, there was no money for school fee, so I paused.

Then, I came across PIND online. I got to know about NDYEP on Facebook in a post that people will be screened on several skills, and I picked interest in woodwork. I was selected. And after the screening process, we proceeded to the training, which lasted for about six (6) months. The training has built me—technically, it has built me; and mechanically, it has built me. Currently, I’ve finished the training; I’m now doing my job.

Grants Secured with Proposal Writing Skills

‘’The entire team collectively prepared the proposal documents, following the grant writing standards taught during the mentorship. This helped us meet the donor project’s requirements as SEYP received a grant of EUR 45,000 from the Embassy. After that, we secured another grant of EUR 300,000 from the European Union (EU)/IOM, and the strength of staff has increased to 17 permanent staff,’’ explained the Chief Executive, Jennifer Ero.

A Neutral Name and Peace Returns

“My name is Dr. Jeffery Wilkie, the co-chairman of the Warri Multi-Stakeholder Platform (MSP). So far, through the Warri MSP (which is a brainchild of PIND), we have been able to get experience and build capacity in conflict management—which we applied in circumstances that unfolded between the Ijaw and the Itsekiri in the three (3) Warri local government areas of Delta State (Warri North, Warri South, and Warri South-West) over the naming of the location where a new oil facility sited on a boundary land owned by the two (2) ethnic groups.