HICA, HIDS partner on CELF
The Hashim Initiative For Community Advancement (HICA) and the Hannis Institute for Development Studies (HIDS), have formed a partnership aimed at conducting the 2020 edition of Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship (CELF).
The CELF’s convener, Lawal Olohungbebe, in a statement issued in Ilorin on Saturday, disclosed that an organisation with deeper roots at communities should undertake an event with grassroot colouration like CELF.
The statement reads in part, “Notwithstanding the several community interventions already undertaken by HIDS as an institute, the requirements for the planned Fellowship require that we pay deeper attention to the knowledge of the individual communities where the intending Fellows will be drawn from.
“No doubt, HICA enjoys a privilege edge in this regard compared to HIDS whose role and activities centred more on providing training and guidance on community interventions.
“HICA, being an organisation that has engaged more with stakeholders at community levels is better positioned to meet the moral requirements.
“Indeed, this is a pointer to our resolve to ensure we continue to adapt the conduct of this maiden edition of the Fellowship in accordance with the guidance and advice provided from time to time by our advisory and technical councils.”
The statement also noted that while HIDS would continue to provide the needed managerial and coordination support to ensure the attainment of the objectives of CELF, the plans and other information regarding the programme remain the same.
“Indeed, we would continue to release statements of this nature from time to time in order to keep the public abreast of partnerships that may become necessary in order to guarantee the delivery of optimum experience to our intending Fellows,” the statement added.
