50th Anniversary and Advancing Justice for Grave Crimes

50th Anniversary and Advancing Justice for Grave Crimes

 To Foreign Ministers of African Union member states: 

We, the undersigned African civil society organisations and international organisations with a presence in Africa, working on human rights and international criminal justice, are pleased to congratulate the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU), on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary. 

We commend the Organisation for its key achievements during the past 50 years and to express our

GCAP NIGERIA DECLARATION ON THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

Introduction

As the 2015 target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, there are a series of debates and processes at both the international and country level on the content and form that the post-2015 development agenda should take. In Nigeria, several consultations have taken place in the course of formulating a Nigerian agenda. One of these is the GCAP Nigeria organized National CSOs Consultations on the Post‐2015 Development Agenda held on March 14, 2013. The

Africa Day 2013: Celebrating the 50th Africa Day and Reflections on the Memory of Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem

Center for Democracy and Development (CDD), Abuja, and friends are pleased to invite you to the commemoration of the 50^th Africa Day Celebration and Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem’s memorial.

Progressive Africans have always strived, worked for, campaigned for the realization of the Pan African Ideal. This year is the 50^th Anniversary of the establishment of the OAU and a time for reflections on where we are, what could have been and what we must do to promote Pan Africanism. 

CDD seeks new Director

CENTRE FOR DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT (CDD) SEEKS A NEW DIRECTOR

The Vision and Mission of CDD are:

VISION - A West Africa that is secured, peaceful, economically prosperous and democratically stable.

MISSION - To be a prime catalyst and facilitator for strategic analysis and capacity building for sustainable democracy and development in West Africa.

CDD seeks to appoint a

Vacancies at the Center for Democracy and Development

The Centre for Democracy and Development Abuja needs to fill the vacancies below:

 Finance Officer

 Reporting to: Head of Finance & Admin

 Responsible for:

i)                    Specific project accounting

ii)                  Financial reporting to donors

iii)                Preparing corporate accounts

iv)                Updating financial records and ensuring compliance with internal control procedures.

v)                  Carry out bank reconciliations using QuickBooks accounting package

vi)                Liaising with tax authorities and other related agencies

vii)              Other duties as may be assigned from time to time

 Person Specification

The job holder must have a minimum qualification of B.Sc/HND in Accounting.

Must be a professionally qualified Accountant

At least three years hands on experience on a similar job in an IT accounting environment

Experience in working in an NGO is very essential

The incumbent must have excellent understanding of excel, word and quickbook accounting software.

Audit experience while not compulsory will be an added advantage