CISLAC-F4ALL Extractives & Fiscal Just Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) is a non-governmental, non-profit, advocacy, information sharing, research, and capacity building organisation. Its mission is to strengthen the link between civil society and the legislature through advocacy andcapacity building for civil society groups and policy makers on legislative processes and governance issues. CISLAC was integrated as a corporate body (CAC/IT/NO22738) with the Nigeria#s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) on the 28th December 2006. Prior to this incorporation, however, CISLAC had actively been engaged in legislative advocacy work since 2005. The organisation is also compliantwith the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2007. The Organisation reports to SCUML, any transaction that is above One thousand dollars, detailing the payee, purpose and the other KYC (Know Your Customer) requirements. This is done on a weekly or monthly basis depending on the volume of transactions and to ensure appropriate compliance with anti-money laundering laws. NPC Certified CISLAC is registered organisation under the National Planning Commission.
ECOSOC Status In recognition of its broad perspective the CISLAC was granted an ECOSOC status by the United
Nations in 2011 giving it the mandate and the instrumentality of the UN. EFCC Anti-Money Laundary Compliance
CISLAC is duly registered in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(1) (a) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). CISLAC/TI Partnership CISLAC is the National Chapter of Transparency International (TI). Also, CISLAC is registered organisation under the National Planning Commission. As indicated above, the organisationemerged from the need to address the gaps in legislative advocacywork of civil society and government access to civil society groups. CISLAC#s engagement with Federal Ministries, National and State Assemblies, Local Government Administrations, private sector interests, and non-government organisations, has opened a window through which the public and policy officials can interact and collaborate.

The Power of Voices Partnership (PvP) is an influencing programme with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The programme  FAIR for ALL led by Oxfam Novib is five year long initiative implemented jointly with consortium members Huairou Commission, SOMO and Third World Network-Africa (TWN-Africa) aimed at supporting and collaborating with people’s rightful demands towards companies, governments and multilateral organizations for economic, social and environmental justice, promoting global trade and value-chains that are fair for all. The main focus of the FAIR for ALL programme proposal is to support and strengthen CSOs to play their diverse roles; as educators, mobilizers, creators and watchdogs to make trade and value chains FAIR for ALL.

In Nigeria, FAIR for ALL programme aims at strengthening capacity and raising awareness about the socio-economic costs associated with the Nigerian extractivessector, while advocating for improved governance to ensure that firms in the sector operate in a manner that respects human rights and is conflict sensitive. In addition, the programme will influence policy debates and initiatives to ensure sustained and prudent management of tax revenue and other revenues from the extractive sector, and promote accountability in delivering public services.

The Nigeria FAIR for ALL programme will be implemented by Oxfam in Nigeria and partners, aiming to: 1) Mobilize citizens and strengthen capacities of local organizations to increase the level of accountability of public actors; 2) Monitor state budgets and build strong alliances (in particular with women’s organizations) towards a well-regulated extractive sector, ensuring better management ofnatural resources, and more transparent public-private deals; and ensure 3) Fair and inclusive trade and fiscal systems, with proper taxation of extractive industries and investment of revenues through pro-poor spending in basic services. These objectives will beachieved by increased knowledge on public finance management, including overall fiscal knowledge and literacy on public budgets andgovernment expenses, and increasing capacity to foster citizens’participation in budget processes. Toachieve main objectives of theprogramme in Nigeria, Oxfam will collaborate with CISLAC