Page 12 - சிவில் சுதந்திரங்கள் ஆர்கநைஸேஶந் News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The death of Innocent Chukwuma hit the airwaves early on Easter Sunday, 4th April 2021. Coming after the sudden death of another illustrious activist, Yinka Odumakin on 2nd April, 2021, news of the death of Innocent the next day suggested that fate was being unfair to Nigeria taking away two patriotic and eminent Nigerian activists – Odumakin on Friday and Innocent on Saturday. The sun set for both in a most inauspicious time and prime, mid-50s. I was a bit close to Innocent Chukwuma within the civil society and development agitation space. Long before Innocent became the Regional Director for West Africa Office of Ford Foundation our paths had crossed in a number of civil society projects including serving as joint consultants for DFID in 2008 to design one of its development intervention projects in Nigeria. More recently, Innocent as leader of the Ford Foundation office for West Africa, partnered with the MacArthur Foundation led by Kole Shettima and the Open Society Initiative

United kingdomKole shettimaJude iloYinka odumakinMacarthur foundationFord foundationOther related offences commissionPresidential advisory committee against corruptionCivil liberties organisationAfrica office of ford foundationSociety initiative for west africaInnocent chukwumaEaster sundayRegional directorWest africa officeWest africa