The Critical Role of Grassroots Women in Nigerian Peace and Security

Nigeria's civic space is facing increasing pressure from sophisticated legal, digital, and bureaucratic restrictions that undermine constitutional rights. These evolving tactics, which include the securitization of dissent and targeting of accountability agents, are eroding democratic accountability and fostering a climate of self-censorship. The brief outlines these threats and provides a strategic roadmap for democratic actors to defend civic freedoms.

In the Niger Delta, climate change is a threat multiplier, escalating environmental degradation from decades of oil extraction into a primary driver of regional insecurity. This brief finds that the crisis is fueling local conflicts and widening inequalities. It advocates for an immediate policy shift towards a rights-based climate security agenda, institutional accountability, and a framework for reparative justice to mitigate instability.

The Niger Delta is facing irreversible ecological collapse from decades of intensive oil exploitation compounded by climate change threats, leading to severe human rights violations. This report analyzes the systemic environmental destruction, contrasting ineffective corporate 'net-zero' policies with actionable, community-led solutions focused on remediation, resource stewardship, and local sovereignty. It presents a policy agenda advocating for an immediate halt to gas flaring, corporate-financed cleanup, and the decentralization of environmental governance.

This paper analyzes Nigeria's Energy Transition Plan (ETP), outlining its objectives for decarbonization, job creation, and socio-economic development. It details the significant financial investment required, projected impacts on various sectors, and the institutional framework governing the transition. The analysis also emphasizes the importance of a 'just transition' and identifies key strategic engagement opportunities for non-state actors, including NGOs, the private sector, and academia.

This report analyzes Nigeria's energy sector through the lens of energy justice, highlighting significant disparities in access, affordability, and the distribution of environmental burdens, particularly in the Niger Delta. It argues that for Nigeria's energy transition to be successful and equitable, it must integrate principles of procedural, distributive, and restorative justice, and makes key policy recommendations to achieve this.

This brief analyzes the severe underrepresentation of women in local governance in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, highlighting the disparity between their high voter turnout and low representation in elective office. It identifies key cultural, institutional, and psychological barriers and provides actionable policy recommendations, including legislative quotas and political party reforms, to achieve equitable representation ahead of the 2027 elections.