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Revision as of 19:40, 21 March 2021
The Feminist Coalition is a group of young Nigerian feminists who work to promote equality for women in Nigerian society, with a core focus on education, financial freedom and representation in public office.[1][2][3]
It was co-founded in July 2020 by Damilola Odufuwa and Odunayo Eweniyi.[1][4] They came together to create a coalition of feminist women with a vision of a Nigeria where equality for all people is a reality in laws and everyday lives. They approached 12 other women who advocate for gender equality.
Projects
In October 2020, a series of mass peaceful protests against police brutality in Nigeria with the hashtag and slogan “End SARS” began. The protests called for the complete disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a notorious police unit with a history of brutality and abuse of power. Its founding members decided its first project would be to support the peaceful protests through ensuring the safety of Nigerians exercising their constitutional rights.[5][6] They achieved these by providing food, water, first aid kits, masks, medical aid and legal aid for peaceful protesters.[7]
Founding members
- Damilola Odufuwa
- Odunayo Eweniyi
- Layo Ogunbanwo
- Ozzy Etomi
- Ire Aderinokun
- Laila Johnson-Salami
- Karo Omu
- Fakhrriyyah Hashim
- Kiki Mordi
- Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi
- Jola Ayeye
- Tito Ovia
- Obiageli Ofili Alintah
Finance corruption and funds misappropriation
On March 12 2021, it was reported by the Nigerian media that the organization and its members secretly withdrew ₦23,000,000[8] (equivalent to $51,000[8] per exchange rate) worth of Bitcoin from the EndSARS account and deposited it into private accounts.[9] The funds were obtained from public donations[10] under the impression that the funds were for not for personal use but solely for assisting the EndSARS cause.[9] The feminist coalition released an official statement that contained their evidence[11] of no wrong doing and refuted any act of financial malpractice or privatizing any monies. The evidence was a combination of figures and crypto currency lingua[12] which made it significantly difficult for persons without sufficient knowledge on how digital currency works to comprehend. The evidence was eventually tagged as spurious and a falsehood by expert crypto currency traders in Nigeria and uninvolved third party crypto currency experts outside of Nigeria who pointed out irregularities[13] and factual inaccuracies[13] in their report. Furthermore, the aforementioned evidence provided by the feminist coalition was contradictory to what the organization claimed during the 2020 EndSARS protests in which they claimed all their legal services were pro-bono but their evidence betrayed that claim.[14] as it showed millions of Naria were supposedly spent on legal fees. Crypto currency experts reprimanded the organization for intentionally being deceptive as well as deliberately obsfucating the evidence making it incomprehensible for individuals without background knowledge on how crypto currency works to decipher.[9][14][15]
References
- ^ a b "In Nigeria, When Will Justice Catch Up With the Present?". 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "End SARS Protest: Feminist Coalition say dem go continue to fight for Nigerian women". 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "How to continue support for the End SARS movement in Nigeria". 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Odunayo Eweniyi and Damilola Odufuwa, Nigerian Allies to #EndSARS". 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "'We Are Able to Get Things Done.' Women Are at the Forefront of Nigeria's Police Brutality Protests". 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "How bitcoin powered the largest Nigerian protests in a generation". 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Nigerian Aid Group Finds Sovereign Lifeline In Bitcoin". 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Twitter abuzz over withdrawal of '$51k worth of bitcoin' from #EndSARS funds by Feminist Coalition". TheCable. 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ a b c "#EndSARS: Feminist Coalition's $51,000 bitcoin account withdrawal stirs controversy". 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ Tobiloba (2021-03-12). "This is Feminist Coalition's Response to the Alleged Withdrawal of ₦23m in Bitcoin Donated for #EndSARS Protest | 36NG". Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ "Feminist Coalition responds to allegations of moving N23m in bitcoin donated for #EndSARS protest". Vanguard Allure. 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ Oduah, Henry (2021-03-12). "Feminist Coalition releases financial statement over allegation of withdrawing N23m quietly". QED.NG. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ a b "#EndSARS Protest: Feminist Coalition reacts to N23m fraud allegation » NEWS". NEWS. 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ a b John, Janet (2021-03-13). "Feminist Coalition provides details on how they spent ₦87,452,553.28 #EndSARS donations". Nairametrics. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ Nigeria, Ripples (2021-03-12). "SocialMediaTrends: Feminist Coalition & #EndSARS fund; Buratai & arms procurement fund". Latest Nigeria News | Top Stories from Ripples Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-03-14.