NO fewer than 300 briefcase non-governmental organisations (NGOs)have been activated since 2015 when President Muhammadu took office in 2015, ostensibly to launder the image of the then new administration.

Many of the fake NGOs are controlled by individuals with connections to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a report published today by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an American think-tank, has revealed.

The list includes Coalition of Buhari Friends and Supporters, Network of Friends and Supporters of
Buhari, Buhari Youth Organization, Defence of National Security, Coalition of Concerned Nigerian Students and others.

The report titled Fake Civil Society: The Rise of Pro-Government NGOs in Nigeria is authored by Mathew Page, an associate fellow with the Africa Programme at Chatham House, United Kingdom.

Mr. Page is also a fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations.

According to the report, the job description of many of the pro-government NGOs is to praise the Buhari administration to the high heaven and defend the Nigerian government from criticism at home and abroad, deflecting allegations of corruption, underperformance, and human rights abuses.

And to keep the Buhari administration out of the picture, the pro-government NGOs are funded secretly through off-budget payments or contracts for consulting services, the report disclosed.

To date, a total of 360 state-sponsored organisations were identified in the report, and the majority of them exist in name only. In fact, fewer than 7 per cent are listed on Corporate Affairs Commission as legally required while many operate for only a short time before closing shop with barely one or two press conferences held for their entire life span.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/over-300-fake-ngos-working-for-buhari-government-since-2015-says-report/

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