Press Releases

Nigeria, Debt Burden, & Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index

Nigeria’s debt servicing is sucking away precious revenues from low levels of public spending – this means the fiscal system is working even less hard to fight inequality. Over the past five years,…

IMF must abandon demands for austerity as cost-of-living crisis drives up hunger and poverty in Nigeria

87 percent of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) COVID-19 loans are requiring developing countries that have been denied equal access to vaccines and are facing some of the world’s worst…

West Africa faces its worst food crisis in ten years, with over 27 million people already suffering from hunger

An additional 11 million people could be pushed to hunger just over the next three monthsWest Africa is hit by its worst food crisis in a decade, with 27 million people going hungry. This number…

Ukraine crisis: How and why it could worsen hunger in Nigeria

The crisis in Ukraine has caused food prices to skyrocket globally in the last few weeks with some forecasts estimating up to a 20 percent increase. This is adding pressure to the already devastating…

COVID-19 death toll four times higher in lower-income countries than rich ones

3 million people have died since the Omicron variant emerged, shattering perceptions that the pandemic is over.The COVID-19 death toll has been four times higher in lower-income countries than in…

Oxfam warns that a sharp increase in VAT will plunge more Nigerians into extreme poverty and widen inequality

The January 31, 2022, Article IV of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released by its Executive Board has recommended that the Federal Government of Nigeria should urgently increase Value Added…

Oxfam-supported Bits Schools receive Accreditation from NABTEB to award Diploma Certificates to Nigerian Youths

Abuja, 31 January 2022 - Oxfam-supported Bits Schools in Nigeria have received the approval and accreditation of the National Business…

Ten richest men double their fortunes in pandemic while incomes of 99 percent of humanity fall

Abuja, January 17, 2022 - New billionaire minted every 26 hours, as inequality contributes to the death of one person every four seconds The world’s ten richest men more than doubled their fortunes…

COMMUNIQUE OF A TWO DAYS CIVIL SOCIETY ROUNDTABLE/TRAINING ON STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE BUSINESS OBJECTIVES HELD IN PORT HARCOURT RIVERS STATE.

PREAMBLEKebetKache Women Development and Resource Centre, with support from Oxfam in Nigeria, organised a two-day civil society and community Roundtable on STRENGTHENING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN…

A Call to Action of Presidential Task Force on the need for Farmers Support During COVID-19

We, members of civil society and non-government agricultural stakeholders, write to express our concern regarding recent efforts to strengthen the economy following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic…