OsunOpenLG: Technology Driven Innovation and Capacity Building For Osun LG Chairmen
PRESS STATEMENT On January 16, 2025 we had a capacity-building training session for local government chairmen in Osun State, under the umbrella body of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON). The training covered two strategic cores of governance at the grassroots – Needs...
IICSD Writes AGF, Seeks Release of Osun LG Funds and Clarification on Legally Recognised Council Officials
PRESS STATEMENT Insight Initiative for Community and Social Development (IICSD), a youth-led governance and accountability organisation based in Osogbo, Osun State, has written to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, seeking the prompt release of withheld local government funds...
Supreme Court Replies Insight Initiative, Says Date For Judgement On Osun LG Crisis To Be Announced Soon
PRESS STATEMENT The Supreme Court has formally responded to an appeal by Insight Initiative for Community and Social Development, assuring that the date for the delivery of judgement in the Osun Local Government crisis case will be communicated to all parties as soon as it...
OsunOpenLG Advocates take campaign on LG effectiveness to PWDs community
At Insight Initiative, inclusion is one of our priorities, and implementation of the OsunOpenLG Project is not an exception. Our Advocates in Boripe Local Government visited the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities during the Association’s bi-monthly meeting at the Palace of Aragbiji...
OsunOpenLG: Stakeholders To Debate Local Govt Autonomy, Grassroots Development
As debates continue on autonomy and effective local government administration, a stakeholders’ meeting to further deepen the discourse holds in Osogbo, on Monday August 26. Organised by the Insight Initiative for Community and Social Development at the instance of the OsunOpenLG Project, the meeting according...
Senate accuses Governor of ‘killing’ local government system in Nigeria
In a historic move by the National Assembly, local governments across Nigeria, including those in Osun State, are set to experience significant autonomy, both financially and administratively. Hope returns to local government administration as the Senate on Wednesday, 15th of May debated a motion sponsored...
Osun LG poll to hold February 2025 – OSSIEC
The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission has announced that the Local Government elections in the state will be held on February 22, 2025. The Chairman, OSSIEC, Hassim Abioye, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen at the commission’s headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital. He...