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About CSJ

Who We Are

Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) is a Knowledge Institution, being a non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan organisation registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission as a Charity. It was established to introduce professionalism in civil society work and to use social entrepreneurship to provide cutting edge services to enhance and deepen economic, social and political change. It is a Company Limited by Guarantee under Nigerian law.

Vision

A Nigeria where social justice informs public decision-making and guarantees respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.

Mission

To be a principal catalyst in mainstreaming social justice in public life through policy engagement and interventions that bring about economic, political and social reforms, rights enhancement and sustainable livelihoods.

What we do

To achieve its mission of being a principal catalyst in mainstreaming social justice in public life through policy engagement and interventions that bring about economic, political and social reforms, rights enhancement and sustainable livelihoods, CSJ has developed strategies which focus around the ongoing programmes of CSJ in public Finance management; environmental and power sector reforms; political finance reforms; gender & inclusivity and rights enhancement. These strategies include

Advocacy

CSJ over the years has built an incomparable capacity to advocate and be the voice of the marginalized and voiceless in the society.

Awareness

Fully aware of the gap in information dissemination, CSJ has developed information sharing skill with the digital frontier, a major focusĀ 

Capacity Building

In its effort to mainstream social justice in public life, CSJ carries out capacity building trainings for organizations and individuals to bring them up to speed with best practices as regards their field of work

Litigation

CSJ happens to be one of the few Nigerian NGOs with a legal department spear headed by competent lawyers. This rear capacity has offered CSJ the opportunity to litigate on behalf of the people whenever a rights infringement is spotted.

Monitoring and Evaluation

Because of its longevity and active participation in the development space, CSJ has an unmatched sense of evaluation and monitoring for effective strategy development.

Research

It is our capacity to research that has gotten us this far. CSJ regularly dives deeper in its focus area and more to find better ways of doing things

Established in 2011 the Centre for Social Justice is the foremost institution focused on public finance in Nigeria. Outside being established in 2011, CSJ has staff with experience in the development sector surpassing CSJ’s existence.

Integrity
Innovation
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
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