Centre for Democracy and Development

The CDD was founded in 1997 in London at a time when Nigeria was under military rule. Its first activity was to organize a roundtable discussion on the future of democracy in Nigeria.{{cite web

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One of the founding members was Biko Agozino, a criminologist whose books explored the impact of colonization on the way racial and ethnic minorities are treated by justice systems worldwide.{{cite book

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|title=ADAM: Africana Drug-Free Alternative Medicine

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|publisher=Lulu.com |year=2006

|isbn=1-4116-6915-0}}

The Center works on policy-oriented scholarship on introducing and improving democratic processes, improving economic governance, safety and development throughout Africa. The Centre is engaged in capacity-building work, policy analysis and advocacy, and as a research reference point on democratic governance, human security, and people-centered development in the region.{{cite web

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|title = Jibrin Ibrahim

|publisher = Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg

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CDD has offices in Lagos, Abuja, and Maiduguri in Nigeria and an international office in London.

The center conducts research on democratization and governance and also trains groups and individuals who are promoting democracy and development in the region.{{cite web

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In collaboration with the Kituo Cha Katiba (East African Centre for Constitutional Development), the CDD has run a capacity-building project funded by the Ford Foundation. The project sponsors East African Women Lawyers for Graduate Masters Programs.{{cite web

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The Buharimeter project, supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), was a tool designed to track over 222 election pledges made by President Muhammadu Buhari, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Nigerians before the 2015 general elections. Buharimeter's one-year report did provide a synopsis of citizens' perception of the implications of the actions of the government and also revealed the degree to which Nigerians were aware of campaign promises and the actions carried out to achieve them.

Knowledge about the existence of the Buharimeter and its findings have taken a global outlook. Aside from highlighting how the initiative was widely reported internationally, Buharimeter is now listed as one of the promise tracking initiatives on the Duke Reporters' Lab. The one-year report was the fifth report released since the project's launch. Others include 30 days, 60 days, 100 days, 7 months' and mid-term assessment reports published in July 2017 and can be viewed on Buharimeter reports. In May 2018, the Buharimeter team at the CDD was expected to release a third-year report which would score the performance of Nigeria's President after 3 years.[http://www.buharimeter.ng/http://reporterslab.org/global-fact-checking-up-50-percent/] {{dead link|date=August 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://reporterslab.org/fact-checking/|title=Fact- Checking - Duke Reporters' Lab|website=Reporterslab.org|accessdate=2017-08-10}}{{cite web|url=https://africacheck.org/2015/06/18/buharimeter-tracking-president-buharis-promises/|title=BuhariMeter: Tracking President Buhari's Promises|date=18 June 2015|website=Africa Check|accessdate=2017-08-10}}

The CDD organised the first intervention that brought Borno residents, the government, and civil society together at the height of the insurgency in 2011. Since then it has organised several forums, developed counter radical narratives,{{cite web |title=CDD, UNDP trains 60 clerics, youth for de-radicalization in Yobe |url=http://thenationonlineng.net/cdd-undp-trains-60-clerics-youth-for-de-radicalization-in-yobe/ |publisher=The Nation NewsPaper |accessdate=11 March 2019}}developing a transitional justice framework{{cite web |title=Toward |url=https://www.africaportal.org/publications/after-boko-haram-prospects-transitional-justice-north-east-nigeria/ |website=African Portal |publisher=SAAIA |accessdate=11 March 2019}} and supported the Operation Safe Corridor{{cite web |title=Boko Haram: NGO sensitises communities to reconciliation, peace building in Borno |url=https://theeagleonline.com.ng/boko-haram-ngo-sensitises-communities-to-reconciliation-peace-building-in-borno/ |website=eagle online |date=20 November 2018 |publisher=The Eagle Online}} (OSC) program of the Nigerian Government on deradicalisation, rehabilitation of former Boko Haram militants and has an MOU{{cite web |title=CDD Signs MoU With PCNI To Strengthen Peace, Reintegration Efforts In North-East Nigeria |url=http://bentelevision.com/cdd-signs-mou-with-pcni-to-strengthen-peace-reintegration-efforts-in-north-east-nigeria/ |website=Ben TV |accessdate=11 March 2019}} with the Presidential Committee on the North East Initiative.

The Centre runs a project on disinformation and misinformation in Nigeria. It has released reports on the fake news ecosystem in Nigeria. In collaboration with Daily Trust, it launched a fact-checking website.{{cite web|author=Daily Trust|url=https://dailytrust.com/daily-trust-launches-fact-check-portal-to-fight-fake-news/|title=Daily Trust Launches Fact-Check Portal To Fight Fake News|publisher=Dailytrust.com |date=22 December 2022|access-date=4 July 2023}}

The current Director of CDD is Dr. Dauda Garuba.

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