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Racoon:
Your country mismanaged the election funds provided by the EU, and UN to fund good electioneering and enhance democracy without accountability. To worsened matter, the nation shamelessly denied their damning verdict on the sham of election the criminal organisation called INEC conducted on the 25th Feb.

The Nigerian nation have been on an endless loan and borrowing spree from the Brentwood Institutions( IMF, World Bank) and Other world financial bodies without accountability on how these funds are being disbursed.

Today, you are accusing UN of criminality? Guess the minister and govt fully understand the full implications of this action? He that comes to equity must come with a clean hand.

Nonsense. Must you talk

Im sure she wanted to call out a UN agency. Not UN as a body. UN does not solicit fund for countries like Nigeria. They have funds that they have released to many agencies working in foreign countries like Nigeria. She might be naive with such an outburst. Saying something like 'UN-Women Agency' will be more professional than caLling out the whole UN.

dre11:
https://www.thecable.ng/extra-women-affairs-minister-threatens-to-sue-un-over-unremitted-donors-funds/amp

Donors
Like someone made a donation and UN na chairman/organizer of the occasion, you want to sue the chairman/organizer
What if the chairman tell you say na audio donations

delpee:
Does the honourable Minister understand the implications of this outburst? Has she discussed with relevant Ministries/agencies on the issue?

This approach doesn't seem right.

It may end up like "off the mic" situation with Akpabio.
Maybe she doesn't know 'what's going on' in the ministry
Hopefully the top civil servants in the ministry are not pushing her to the wrong side

She knows what she is addressing. Read the following.



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Despite being the sole funder, the EU has not always been given sufficient credit for funding visibility. Moreover, although the EU’s contribution was intended as seed funding to attract additional investors, no new donors have been found, and so results may not be sustained. The auditors also stress that the programme is not long enough to create lasting change on a complex issue which requires long-term actions and additional resources.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of European Court of Auditors (ECA).

PRESS RELEASE
European Union (EU) flagship programme to end violence against women worldwide shows limited impact so far
The €500 million Spotlight Initiative has been an ambitious attempt by the European Commission, together with the UN, to ensure that women and girls around the world live free from violence and harmful practices

LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg, September 11, 2023/ -- Almost one third of the €500 million in EU funding for the “Spotlight Initiative” went to its management by the United Nations; The initiative did not achieve its objective of attracting additional funding from new donors; Auditors call for better value for money and note risks to the sustainability of the activities.

The €500 million Spotlight Initiative has been an ambitious attempt by the European Commission, together with the UN, to ensure that women and girls around the world live free from violence and harmful practices. However, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors, this flagship EU programme for combating sexual and gender-based violence has shown little impact to date in terms of improving the situation of those it is intended to help. Despite positive achievements, the auditors found that the initiative could be managed more efficiently and could provide better value for money, as well as increasing the share of funding that reaches final beneficiaries to help more women and girls.

The Spotlight Initiative is a global strategic partnership between the EU and the UN to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls in partner countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Pacific and the Caribbean. Initially launched in 2017 for a period of four years, it was extended to the end of 2023 due to delays.

“Violence against women and girls has no place in the world, and no woman or girl should be left behind,” said Bettina Jakobsen, the ECA member in charge of the report. “Through the Spotlight Initiative, the EU has put more money than ever into ending such abuse, but more should reach final beneficiaries and we still need to see more impact.”

The auditors acknowledge that the initiative has benefited women and girls globally and helped to address violence. For instance, it has supported activities to prevent violence against women and girls, such as training and awareness campaigns, and services to victims of violence in all African and Latin American countries, albeit to different degrees and with varying levels of success. However, the initiative’s set-up only allows for a limited assessment of performance. Moreover, given its short time span and the fact that data are incomplete, it has not yet been possible to measure the improvement for beneficiaries, such as victims of violence or participants in training courses, and it is difficult to assess the extent to which it has achieved its intended results. There is no evidence that violence against women and girls has fallen in the countries covered.

External and internal factors led to challenges and delays in implementation. These included not only the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and domestic political changes, but also complex governance arrangements due to the number of UN organisations involved. The Commission’s choice of the UN as its implementing partner was a political decision in support of multilateralism. However, the UN’s costs of administering the initiative totalled $155 million (i.e. 31 % of the initiative’s total budget), leaving $351 million for the implementing partners and beneficiaries. Although the EU’s executive was aware that UN involvement entailed higher costs, it did not thoroughly compare the alternatives.

Despite being the sole funder, the EU has not always been given sufficient credit for funding visibility. Moreover, although the EU’s contribution was intended as seed funding to attract additional investors, no new donors have been found, and so results may not be sustained. The auditors also stress that the programme is not long enough to create lasting change on a complex issue which requires long-term actions and additional resources.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of European Court of Auditors (ECA).

Note to Editors:
The purpose of this press release is to convey the main messages of the European Court of Auditors’ special report. The full report is available at ECA.Europa.eu.

Press contact:
ECA press office:
press@eca.europa.eu

Damijan Fišer:
damijan.fiser@eca.europa.eu
M: (+352) 621 552 224

Claudia Spiti:
claudia.spiti@eca.europa.eu
M: (+352) 691 553 547

Vincent Bourgeais:
vincent.bourgeais@eca.europa.eu
M: (+352) 691 551 502

Background:
The Spotlight Initiative is founded on the ‘Theory of Change’ and its six pillars supporting policies and legislation, institutions, prevention, services, data, and women’s movements. This approach is complemented by the “leaving no one behind” principle, including measures to focus on marginalised populations. The initiative receives EU funding of €497 million (€250 million for Africa alone), €465 million of which is managed by the UN in more than 26 countries on four continents. The remaining €32 million is managed by the EU through civil society organisations; other donors have committed only symbolic amounts. An estimated one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence at least once since the age of 15. According to data from the Initiative, in some countries the share of people who think it is justifiable for a man to beat his partner fell in 2021, but the figure actually went up in some Latin American and African countries. In Latin America, none of the supported programmes recorded a fall in cases of femicide.

ECA special report 21/2023 “The Spotlight Initiative to end violence against women and girls – ambitious but so far with limited impact” is available on the ECA’s website (ECA.Europa.eu).

SOURCE
European Court of Auditors (ECA)

Remit what? When you guys were busy borrowing from all international bodies and nations.

dre11:
https://www.thecable.ng/extra-women-affairs-minister-threatens-to-sue-un-over-unremitted-donors-funds/amp

Na where tinubu deyfind all ds nsobu-nsobu ''i nor go gree'' characters biko.

Na ur oga send u message to sue UN?
Hian!

This woman again.

This your aproko go finish you one day.

delpee:
Does the honourable Minister understand the implications of this outburst? Has she discussed with relevant Ministries/agencies on the issue?

This approach doesn't seem right.

What does she know? She thinks dis whole thing is about grab it and run away with it

Demichy:
please guys, please I've tried to get little help here to no avail, please I beg you in the name of Almighty GOD pls, If any good samaritan can please help me, no matter how little so we can buy foodstuff and cook, I will be very happy. my daughter and I we are starving. Please help us the last time we ate a good food was from our neighbor on  sunday. Since then we have surviving on drinking garri since Monday and the garri we use to have hope has finished. the little money I have I used it to pay for house rent so that we can at least have roof over our head. am pleading for help please, not for my sake but for my daughter please am a single mother. No matter how little it will go a long way to help us. Almighty God bless you

Acct num with faith

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My name is Angela. Almighty God bless you and your family

When will you get tired of this format? Everyday you post the same thing with multiple monikers. Do you think the world is stupid? Well I guess you would not continue if a few were not still falling for it randomly. I pity you. You don't know the karma you are building up for yourself when you set out to scam the kind hearted.

Pakute:
Hmm! my country Nigeria na giant, no allow a son of nobody to dey knack our country for ground. Imagine UN dey use Naija to dey beg for money, Naija big pass una papa level, if to say Naija no get value, UN no go dey use our country dey go find money. So, if wailers dey throway our country knack for ground, na because dem get small brain, if una no dey value your country, the outside world appreciate am. Kudos to Madam Minister for the spirit of Jagaban inside you, pikin wey lion been born na lion e dey resemble. We shall collect every penny that belongs to us.

She is actually doing President a disservice .
People cheered about Border closures during during Buhari , look how it ended .

These snakes will discredit Tinubu government by their attitude .

We need all hands on broad .

dre11:
https://www.thecable.ng/extra-women-affairs-minister-threatens-to-sue-un-over-unremitted-donors-funds/amp

this one wan open her country Nyash, i hope you are ready for what you are doing?

YesDaddy1:
Na where tinubu deyfind all ds nsobu-nsobu ''i nor go gree'' characters biko.

Na ur oga send u message to sue UN?
Hian!

paskal16:
na wetin your whorreee mother dey knack in her hoeing days na
Fear God haba

Pele product of gorilla nacking

Higherthan:
Ndo I’m a product of gorilla nacking EWU!!

Can bet your worwor mother is not even one percent close to Been fine as that woman
Na online eeddiot you be
Olodo begets olodo

That is a strong woman there. She's only demanded to be furnished with necessary information. Let them oblige her. That's all.

paskal16:
Even if our ancestors slept with gorilla must to tell the world? this is something all ibos knows..
My dad once told me that my mom had nack a dog before.

No vex.

dre11:
https://www.thecable.ng/extra-women-affairs-minister-threatens-to-sue-un-over-unremitted-donors-funds/amp

Ndi Oshi. Una don chop borrowed money finish now una dey find donor funds to chop. Very soon una go setup gofundme account for Nigeria.

Higherthan:
No vex.Even if my ancestors slept with gorilla must i tell the world? this is something all pathetic yorubas knows..
My muumuu dad once told me that my hoee mom had nack a dog before.

okay pathetic urchinnnn
As useless as your father was Arindin

paskal16:
okay if my dad fvck my sister so for a dog nacking my mama is nowbig deal

Hmmm 🤔, what a useless family.

Higherthan:
Hmmm 🤔,okay if my dad fvck my sister so for a dog nacking my mama is nowbig deal what a useless family my family is .

you have a truely useless family with a useless mother to begin with

UN learnt the format from Nigeria... Dem don csshout.

paskal16:
okay I know that paskal16 family is cursed, but what can I do both das and mom is useless

Just poison them pls

Higherthan:
okay I know that Higherthan family is cursed, but what can I do both dad and mom is useless

don’t need to poison them bro
They will soon die as wretched as they are

Mumu.. You want to sue the helper of your destiny?? I laugh in Naira

And this one is a minister?

paskal16:
don’t need to poison them bro
They will soon die as wretched as they are

So shall is be upon you, Amen

Higherthan:
So shall death be upon my wretched family , Amen

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The minister would definitely have more information regarding this matter than most of us online.

Besides, this has been a topic for a while.

Despite the so-called UN agencies and the likes, no impact felt in the society by the average Nigerian.

If the issue is found to lie with our local personnel or agencies, then fine. It must be tackled appropriately. Especially with the issue of corruption.

Many of the so-called 'average Nigerian' are far worse than the politicians. Na opportunity they never get.

Also, why is Nigeria always desperately begging for foreign aid, despite the fact that the total foreign aid given to Nigeria is less than a fraction of what politicians and government officials steal every year. Why not concentrate on stopping the thefts.

Even the aid given to Nigeria ends up being stolen in a lot of cases.


The UN, EU, US, UK ec know this hence why they're extremely reluctant to give Nigeria any aid.

Donors are fed up with Nigeria.

Nearly 65 years after independence, you are still begging up and down. No shame

Pakute:
UN cannot do shiit.. na e dey represent different countries and membership no be for free, we dey pay our financial obligation steady, so therefore, UN has no right to dey owe us wetin belong to us. Any organ or institution in dis world can be taken to court, nothing is above the law. No dey see UN as god, infact, it is not as strong a body as you think, otherwise, a few individuals no go dey put them inside pocket.

she has to be careful,she should not rush to blame them. She need to make a thorough investigation because grants from donors always goes through relevant agencies.