Driving Accountability, Productivity, and National Renewal
Turnaround Nigeria Initiative (TNI) is a non-profit civic organization committed to reversing Nigeria’s governance direction from excessive consumption to sustainable productivity. We exist to promote accountability, responsible leadership, and inclusive national development through strategic engagement, advocacy, and action.
Our work is driven by strategic programs designed to address Nigeria’s most pressing governance and social challenges.
Amplifying citizen voices and shaping national conversations that demand accountability and responsible governance.
Conducting evidence-based research to identify systemic gaps and inform effective policy and civic interventions.
Providing relief materials and direct support to displaced persons and vulnerable communities across Nigeria.
Educating citizens on civic responsibility, participation, and the power of collective action.
Engaging institutions and stakeholders to promote policies that enhance productivity and social justice.
Supporting and mentoring emerging leaders committed to ethical leadership and national service.
Nigeria is abundantly endowed with human and material resources, yet millions of citizens remain trapped in poverty. This contradiction reflects a failure of leadership and governance. Turnaround Nigeria Initiative exists to challenge this reality by mobilizing stakeholders to demand a nation that works for its people.
The history of Nigeria's stagnation has been chiefly blamed on an unrestrained stream of bad leadership that has infested the veins of the State for decades. As Nigeria's foremost writer, Chinua Acheb...
Ethnicity is a conundrum that relatively influences the perspective and practice of Nigerians in all spheres of human existence: “we Yorubas and those Hausas, we Igbos and those Fulanis; such concep...
Religion is a spiritual phenomenon that has played a dominant role in the socio-political organisation of man throughout history. The evolution of ancient states and nations from theocracy points to t...
Nigeria's independence was not fought with guns and war machines, against the tradition of other former colonies of Britain, where they wrestled their way to independence with the last drop of their b...
In the 1870s and 1900, Africa faced European imperialist aggression, diplomatic pressures, military invasions, and eventual conquest and colonisation. At the same time, African societies put up variou...
We are all gathered here to reflect on the life and legacies of our revered patriarch and torch bearer Pa Ayo Adebanjo who has transited this cosmos to the great beyond. In the words of Desmond Tutu "...
Prof. Yusufu Turaki
Chairman
Dr. Kavwam Stanley
Executive Director
Dele Farotimi, Esq.
Board Member
Pastor Simon Oladapo
Board Member
AVM Bala Golgak Danbaba RTD.
Board MemberWe believe Nigeria can become a world-class economy built on productivity, accountability, and social justice— where citizens live meaningful lives free from poverty, destitution, and servitude.
