“GOVERNMENTS: TAKE CONCRETE STEPS TO REVERSE TRENDS OF SHRINKING AND CLOSING CIVIC SPACES IN NIGERIA”, BEING THE TEXT OF A PRESS CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY CAFSO-WRAG FOR DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS AS PART OF THE ACTIVITIES OF CPDE NATIONAL LEVEL CAMPAIGNS AGAINST SHRINKING CIVIC SPACE 2020 HELD ON FRIDAY 8TH JANUARY 2021 IN IBADAN NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA.*
According to the Belgrade Call to Action (2019), over six billion people are living in countries where there are serious constraints on civic space: the conditions are closed for…