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ActionAid Nigeria Calls for Suspension of 5% Fossil Fuel Surcharge Over Risks to the Poor

Daily Dispatch July 31, 2025

ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has expressed grave concern over the Federal Government’s planned implementation of a 5% surcharge on fossil fuel transactions, as outlined in Section 158 of the recently gazetted Nigeria Tax Act. A statement on Thursday by AAN Country Director, Dr. Andrew Mamedu,

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GiZ, ActionAid Rehabilitate Hundreds of Nigerian Returnees with Vocational Training

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2025

German agency, Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) are presently assisting hundreds of deported or returned Nigerians to get rehabilitated back into the system. Four hundred deportees (returnees) are currently being trained in different vocations in Abuja, Lagos state and Edo state to get them seamlessly back into the society.

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Germany, ActionAid Rehabilitate Hundreds of Nigerian Returnees with Vocational Training

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2025

Germany and ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) are presently assisting hundreds of deported or returned Nigerians to get rehabilitated back into the system. Four hundred deportees (returnees) are currently being trained in different vocations in Abuja, Lagos state and Edo state to get them seamlessly back into the society. Speaking at the onboarding ceremony of the beneficiaries […]

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Mac Imoni Amarere Re-elected into ActionAid International Board

Daily Dispatch June 26, 2025

Civil society activist and renowned media specialist, Mac Imoni Amarere, has been re-elected into the International Board of ActionAid for a second three-year term. Professor Eze Nwokocha of the University of Ibadan and a member of the Board of ActionAid Nigeria was also elected to the 2026 General Assembly Organising Committee of ActionAid International for […]

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Mokwa Flood: Relief efforts not meeting urgent needs of victims- ActionAid Nigeria

Daily Dispatch June 9, 2025

ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has decried that the current relief efforts for victims of Mokwa flood are not meeting the urgent needs of displaced persons, especially women and children. AAN, in a statement on Monday by its Country Director, Andrew Mamedu, expressed grave concern over the devastating floods in Mokwa, Niger State, which have destroyed vast […]

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ActionAid Nigeria condemns criminal charges against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan

Daily Dispatch May 23, 2025

….calls on FG to End the Abuse of State Power ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has condemned the criminal charges leveled against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by the Federal Government, calling for an end in the abuse of state power. ActionAid Nigeria, in a statement by its Country Director, said it is alarmed by the Federal Government’s decision […]