Dear Editor,

Civil society occupies a critical space/function/responsibility within the relationship between the state and the people. This body of diverse representatives and interests share the common goal of advocating on behalf of and advancing the well-being of our nation through political processes, working to influence political decisions and as conduits and deliverers of various types of goods and support. Internationally, all bilateral (BLI) and multi-lateral institutions (MLI), sovereign regions, nations and states who have endorsed the Paris Declaration of Aid Effectiveness (PDAE) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have agreed to and recognized the non-negligibility of a comprehensive, sustained, structured and multi-dimensional civil society vis-à-vis achieving local, regional and international development targets, reducing poverty, mal-governance, etc……