About Us
....Promoting Common Cause For Public Good!
VISION
A cohesive and responsible society where leaders, citizens and institutions work harmoniously to fulfill their lawful obligation to the state honestly, eagerly and selflessly in order to advance the public good.
MISSION
To help advance citizens wellbeing, inculcate democratic culture, work ethics and moral values among citizens in the discharge of public and private functions through a wide range of actions - training, advocacy, research and information dissemation, observation of democratic processes, monitoring of service-delivery systems, support to strengthen anti curruption efforts,.. gender mainstreaming, and support for women and children.
WHAT WE DO...
We seek to Promote active citizenry by:
- Building the power of the citizens - Encouraging openness, accountability and responsiveness - Helping to build citizens confidence and assertiveness - Promoting good understanding of local context and culture. - Engaging and building stakeholder alliance on extant and emerging public issues.
We serve as the people’s watch dog through:
- Sensitization and whistle blowing - Capacity building support for employees to report corporate misconduct. - Strong advocacy and interventions to minimize corruption.
We engage the election management body on the electoral process by:
- Helping to educate voters - Pushing for campaign finance reforms to achieve clean and untainted elections - Bringing issues of electoral concern to public limelight. - Providing support and expertise in the conduct of election/observation.
We hold power accountable by:
- Demanding accountability and transparency from government and other bearers on matters of public interests. - By openly disapproving anti people policies and mobilizing against ills of cash gate, nepotism, executive arrogance and dictatorial tendencies. - By continually speaking truth to power.
Give Women a voice in decisions that affect their lives:
- By providing mediating role between the individual, community and the state. - By mobilizing social capital. - By articulating citizens’ interests and demands. - By defending the rights of women and children.
We deploy trained and dexterous volunteers on essential public issues by:
Conducting research on sundry relevant subject matters: We intervene public educate the public on various subject matters of interest and concern.
WHO WE ARE..
Rildev is a Nigerian based not-for-profit organization registered in September, 2013 to provide a strong platform for multi-pronged advocacy majorly on Democracy and good governance as well as sundry cross-cutting public interest issues. Rildev partners’ like-minded individuals and groups to ensure public institutions live up to expectation. Rildev supports agencies funded by tax payers’ money to serve the public interest rather than narrow special interest.
Our passion is predicated on issues that advance good governance - Social Security, citizen’s welfare, sound service delivery, transparent democratic processes, institutional reforms, civic space and rights, voter education, anti-corruption and the environment. We share a common understanding that progress on these and other areas can only come when we take control away from the special interests and restore it to the Nigerian people. Rildev gives individuals a voice in democracy. By identifying with Rildev, you automatically connect with other advocates around the country and in unison our voices and actions resound for the good of the majority.
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