Gender-Responsive Budgeting Succeeds or Fails in Public View: ImpactHouse Responds to Nigerian Government’s 2027 Target
This press statement is attributable to Onivehu Andah, Executive Director, ImpactHouse. Abuja, Nigeria: 16 September, 2026 ImpactHouse Centre for Development Communication has lauded the Nigerian government’s move to institutionalise gender-responsive planning and budgeting across ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), with the reform expected to be reflected in the country’s 2027 budget. However, we are concerned […]
OPEN LETTER: The People of Sabon Birni Are Fleeing on Foot With Nowhere to Go – Protect, Assist and Speak to Them Honestly
His Excellency Dr Ahmed Aliyu Executive Governor of Sokoto State Government House, Sokoto His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Federal Republic of Nigeria State House, Abuja Your Excellencies, A citizen from Unguwar Lalle in Sabon Birni recorded himself this week fleeing his home. He said he could […]
Advocacy Brief: Seizing the Disarticulation Opportunity for 12-Year Basic Education
This advocacy brief analyses the Federal Ministry of Education’s July 2026 announcement that it will phase out the disarticulation of junior and senior secondary schools, assesses its implications for the campaign for 12 years of free, compulsory basic education, and proposes that the coalition consolidate around a single joint memorandum to the National Council on […]
ImpactHouse Selects AjibareTalks As First Voice Under Zenzile
Abuja, Nigeria: 01 July, 2026 – ImpactHouse Centre for Development Communication has selected AjibareTalks as the first voice to receive support under Zenzile, its virtual newsroom for accountability and public-interest communication. Additional partners will be announced on a rolling basis. The selection marks the expansion of Zenzile’s support to citizens, digital creators, and folk creatives […]
ImpactHouse Expands Zenzile to Strengthen Public Accountability
A virtual newsroom for community voices, cultural activists, public philosophers and folk creatives on accountability and public-interest communication
Democracy Day 2026: Rebuilding Citizen Trust Must Become Nigeria’s Next Democratic Reform
As Nigeria marks Democracy Day 2026, we call on the federal government and all democratic institutions to treat declining citizen trust in democratic processes as a national governance priority. Twenty-seven years of uninterrupted civilian rule is an achievement worth recognising, but the sustainability of that achievement depends on whether citizens believe their voices matter, their […]
Nigeria’s Civil Service Is Finally Going Digital, But Citizen Responsiveness Must Follow – ImpactHouse
ImpactHouse Centre for Development Communication commends the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, for championing bold digital reforms to modernise Nigeria’s civil service, improve efficiency, and strengthen transparent, citizen-focused governance. Nigeria’s civil service has, for decades, struggled with the two major challenges of weak internal accountability and a […]
Oyo School Attack: When a Citizen’s Last Act Is to Identify Himself to a Country That Could Not Protect Him
Abuja, Nigeria The recent bandit attack in Oyo State, the testimonies of abducted women speaking from captivity, and the circulation of the video showing the beheading of teacher Oyedokun M.O. require a serious national reckoning with what insecurity now represents in Nigeria. These incidents expose a deeper national crisis involving security, institutional communication, and a […]
Jimoh Ibrahim: When Appointments Contradict Policy, The Policy Means Nothing
Abuja, Nigeria: 26 March, 2026 ImpactHouse Centre for Development Communication joins a coalition of 15 civil society organisations (CSOs) in calling on relevant Nigerian authorities to address the unresolved legal, financial, and ethical obligations surrounding the appointment of Senator Jimoh Ibrahim as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. We raise this matter as a […]
Niger Governor’s Directive to Shut Down Badeggi FM: ImpactHouse Condemns Action, Demands Immediate Reversal
Abuja, Nigeria: ImpactHouse Centre for Development Communication strongly condemns the directive issued by the Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umaru Bago, to revoke the broadcasting licence of Badeggi FM 90.1, a private radio station operating in Bida, and to shut down its operations. This alarming action represents a dangerous encroachment on press freedom and a […]
