Adebayo Akinlade
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  • Lagos
  • Nigeria
  • Director, Policy and Strategy,…
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Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)
Have worked for Advocates International for more than 6 years as Staff Counsel and Africa Liaison
Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise
West Africa, Southern Africa, East Africa, North Africa and Central Africa
What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?
Nigeria
What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
Director, Policy and Strategy, Policy and Law Reform Centre
How many years professional experience do you have ?
6-10
Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Democratization, Diplomacy, Human Rights, Organizational Development, Rule of Law
Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?
Advocacy, Capacity Building, Program Administration, Program Implemenation
What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?
Religious Freedom

Adebayo Akinlade's Blog

What do Gay Rights activist seek to achieve in Africa?

Posted on January 11, 2010 at 2:32pm 0 Comments

Here is another interesting development in Africa, for more than 3 years now, the Gay movement has sort to gain ground in Africa…..their motives are not entirely clear but it is obvious that whatever they are fighting for aims to undermine the African culture, marriage and family.



Recently in Malawi, a gay couple held a same-sex engagement with the intention of getting married. The couple were arrested and detained, rightly of course as homosexuality is illegal in Malawi. The gay… Continue

Nigerian NGOs: Self enrichment or humanitarian (Part 1)

Posted on January 11, 2010 at 2:25pm 0 Comments

Now this is an interesting topic to discuss! Cutting straight to the chase; Non-Governmental Organisations otherwise known as NGOs in Nigeria are mostly not respected by the people and in the words of a honourable member of the Lagos State House of Assembly; “NGOs are not to be trusted”.



I recently paid a curtesy call on one of our State Lawmakers and he was skeptical about NGOs operating within Nigeria. He is not the only one who is, infact many Nigerians believe that NGOs founded… Continue

Nigeria and Terrorism

Posted on January 11, 2010 at 2:23pm 0 Comments

As Nigerians were busy being shocked at the news of an attempt by a 23 year old Nigerian to detonate a bomb on US soil, the US government decided to humour us by adding Nigeria to the list of about 12 countries to be carefully monitored for terrorist activities.

Nigerians and the Nigerian government on the other hand, instead of focusing on investigating how a Nigerian got so closely involved with fundamentalist (whose main goal is to promote terror), are most concerned about its inclusion… Continue

Human Rights in Lagos

Posted on December 10, 2009 at 2:15pm 0 Comments

Summary

• POLARC office now open in Lagos

• POLARC joins the United Nations and the whole world in celebrating the 61st anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights

• POLARC looks into allegations of extortion by local government authorities

• Our Links



POLARC Office Now Open in Lagos:

We are happy to announce the opening of the Lagos office of the Policy and Law Reform Centre (POLARC). POLARC is an NGO founded in 2006 to amongst other things;… Continue

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At 9:55am on September 7, 2009, Igxtelle said…
small world bayo....glad to meet on here
At 6:34pm on August 14, 2009, Ankamah Attuah said…
Welcome Bro. Hope we can work for peace especially on the African continent.
 
 
 

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