CSOs deploy 1000 volunteers to monitor Federal Government’s palliatives

Civil society groups have deployed no fewer than 1000 volunteers to evaluate the processes and impact of Federal Government’s palliatives across the country.
The groups said the deployment was aimed at ensuring transparency in the distribution process and to ensure the measures reach the end users.
Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) in collaboration with the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARD-C) deployed the monitors last weekend across nine states and the FCT
A statement jointly signed in Lagos by Chairman of HEDA, Olanrewaju Suraju and his WARD-C counterpart, Dr. Abiola Akiode-Afolabi, disclosed that the volunteers would produce a comprehensive report covering strategic areas using questionnaires and other tools designed to meet global best practices.
Respondents in Ogun, Enugu, Osun, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Lagos, Borno, Kano and Kaduna states and the FCT, were critical stakeholders including but not limited to health workers. The monitors include women, People Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) and media practitioners.