{"id":75127,"date":"2025-09-08T04:43:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T04:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=75127"},"modified":"2025-09-08T04:43:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T04:43:42","slug":"path-to-peace-foundation-unveils-abuja-project-on-grassroots-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/09\/08\/path-to-peace-foundation-unveils-abuja-project-on-grassroots-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Path to Peace Foundation Unveils Abuja Project on Grassroots Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Path to Peace Foundation has launched a new initiative to strengthen accountability and citizen participation in grassroots governance, following the Supreme Court\u2019s landmark ruling on local government autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative, tagged \u201cThe Abuja Project: Empowering Communities for Grassroots Impact,\u201d is focused on the six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation noted that rural communities in Abuja are often excluded from decision-making, leaving governance weak and many community needs unmet.<\/p>\n<p>It stressed that with the Supreme Court\u2019s July 11, 2024 judgment granting financial and administrative autonomy to local governments, transparency and accountability have become even more critical.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the project, the organisation\u2019s Communications Officer, Fareedah Omiyale, said the initiative, supported by the Nigeria Youth Futures Fund is designed to bridge the gap between councils and citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Abuja Project is a timely intervention to strengthen autonomy and enhance efficiency, accountability, and grassroots empowerment for rural development,\u201d Omiyale said.<\/p>\n<p>The programme will feature a series of fellowships, town hall meetings, research initiatives, and advocacy campaigns aimed at deepening local governance and amplifying citizens\u2019 voices in decision-making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola The Path to Peace Foundation has launched a new initiative to strengthen accountability and citizen participation in grassroots governance, following the Supreme Court\u2019s landmark ruling on local government autonomy. The initiative, tagged \u201cThe Abuja Project: Empowering Communities for Grassroots Impact,\u201d is focused on the six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":75128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75129,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75127\/revisions\/75129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}