About Us

Community Development Advocacy Foundation (CODAF) also known and registered  with the Corporate Affairs Commission as RURAL COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE (RUCEi), CAC/IT/NO 121951. Founded in 2013, CODAF works to bridge the communication gap between policy makers and the grassroots AND raise awareness of rural dwellers and empowering them to be active players in environmental decision making. This mandate is anchored on article 24 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights which states that “All peoples shall have the right to a general satisfactory environment favourable to their development”.

CODAF's commitment in promoting local struggles for environmental justice won its recognition as the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) of the year award by Jewel Affairs, a movie industry at the Isoko Award Night in December 2018. 

CODAF is prominently connected to grassroots development projects. The organization is promoting good governance through her two major governance projects, the Niger Delta Youths Environmental Summit (NDYES) and the School of Governance. At the moment CODAF is enhancing the rights of women and youths in rural communities in Delta State to participate actively in environmental decision making. CODAF’s constructive engagement with the federal government of Nigeria contributed to the flag-off of the Ogoni Cleanup. We have engaged more than 1000 Niger Delta youths directly in the past 5 years. 

CODAF is the Co-Chair on Environment for Open Governance Policy in Delta State and the Delta Central Coordinator for Delta State COVID-19 Emergency Intervention Group. CODAF is also a member of Green Alliance Nigeria, a Nigerian NGO coalition for the protection of the Environment and the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG). With support from TMG, CODAF mobilized other CSOs for the monitoring of the 2019 general elections.