OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT
The Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) was selected as one of
the ten sub-grantees to work with the Resource Centre for Human
Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) in promoting the Rights of the
Indigenous people of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) funded by
MacArthur Foundation on the project, titled “Promoting the
Cultural Values and the Environmental Rights of the Original
Inhabitants of the FCT through Drama and Art Forms.” The aim is to
tell the stories of the Original Inhabitants by the Original Inhabitants
themselves using the Theatre for Development approach and
promoting the preservation of culture through the Community
Development Agreement (CDA) tool.
The CDA is an agreement signed between communities and
companies that come to mine or quarry their land. Before any
company is given access to mine in any community, they must go to
the communities and negotiate the CDA. CTA is currently working
with communities in Mpape, Karshi, and Kubwa, where the majority
of these mining activities are taking place, to review their CDA.
During the project, CTA found out that some of the CDAs were due
for review, and nothing about the preservation and promotion of
the culture of the Original Inhabitants was considered in some of
the agreements.
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CTA IMPACT STORIES on Original inhabitant of FCT Project
