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Home |   About Us |   Contact Us |   Members |   Search |   Subscribe |   Disclaimer |   THE GUARDIAN CONSCIENCE, NURTURED BY TRUTH LAGOS, NIGERIA.     Monday, July 26 2004   news   editorial/opinion   policy & politics   business   metro   sports   homes/properties   capital market   arts     Guardian Chat Click to join the chatroom Govt seeks Friedrich-Ebert's assistance over democracy From Mathias Okwe, Abuja THE Federal Government has sought the assistance of a German-based non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) Foundation to strengthen democracy in the country. The Information and National Orientation Minister, Chief Chukwuemeka Chikelu, made the appeal on behalf of the Federal Government at the weekend while commissioning the new FES Foundation office complex at Wuse II, Abuja. According to the Minister, Mr. Friedrich Ebert whom the foundation was named after, was the father of democracy in Germany, being the first democratically-elected president and leader of the Social Democratic Movement in that country. He said Nigeria would be pleased to draw lessons from the FES Foundation to make the country great. Chikelu stated that this greatness could only be achieved with the right choice of policies and also with the co-operation of other friendly bodies. However, the minister appealed to the body to increase its activities in the country, especially on strengthening democracy and the media. He told the foundation that the Federal Government is collaborating with the private sector for the development of the media and that it wants FES to assist in this area. Earlier, the head of the FES African Division, who was in the country for the ceremony, explained that the new office complex was recently acquired to expand the foundation's activities in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. FES, which is a private, non-profit organisation is committed to the principles and values of social democracy and was first established in 1925. Funded by Germany's tax-payers' money, the foundation today supports education, research and international co-operation from its head office in Bonn and Berlin and through branch offices in more than 90 countries. � 2003 - 2004 @ Guardian Newspapers Limited (All Rights Reserved).  Powered by dnetsystems.net dnet�

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