• Empowering Youth For Community Development through budget monitor and tracking

    In June 2023, a capacity-building training session empowered over 40 young people.

  • Initiating Health Care Transformative Change

    Ikot Ediet, a community long deprived of essential healthcare facilities and services for over 47 years, has witnessed a transformative improvement in access to healthcare.

  • Empowering Inclusivity: A Transformative Roundtable and The Birth of the Disability Trust Fund

    In February 2023, The Government of Akwa Ibom State successfully estalished the Disability Trust fund.

  • Rising Tides: Youth led emergency response in Akwa Ibom State

    In June 2023, young people in Oron Local Government Area, launched a critical emergency response to combat high sea rise, gully erosion, and flooding.

About Us

Sustaining Legacies with impact.

Clement Isong Foundation (CIF) is a Youth-Led and Youth Focused non-governmental, non-profit organization established in May 2006 to deliver Governance, Policy & Democratic Advocacy, Economic Research and Development, Access to Innovation & Education, and Human Capacity Development while preserving and perpetuating the legacies of Chief (Dr.) Clement Isong, CFR.

one of the founding Governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (1967 -1975), and the first civilian Governor of the erstwhile Cross River State (1979-1983).

Our Programs

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Civic Engagement, Policy & Governance Reforms

ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Economic Research, Climate & Social Justice

EDUCATION & INNOVATION

Education, Innovation & Institution Strengthening

CIF FACTSHEET & DATASHEET

Relevant information about our Funding, Donors, Partnership and Vendors

Our Results & Impacts

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

10,000 Youth Empowered through information, creation and knowledge gained.

AGROECOLOGY

Over 50 Farmers trained agroecology that transit to Agripreneurship.

CAPACITY BUILDING

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY ACT

Help create a synergy between the oil company and the communities.

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

100 Gender Based Violence referred to relevant authorities.

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To improve the realisation of fundamental human and democratic rights and improve sustainable livelihood.

Gender and Social Inclusion

GESI promotes inclusive policies and focuses on increasing the power of the excluded, women and the poor.
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Youth Empowerment

empower young individuals with the skills, resources, and opportunities.

Latest News

Clement Isong Foundation Calls for Urgent Development of Akwa Ibom State Education Sector Plan

The Clement Isong Foundation (CIF) has called on the government of Akwa Ibom State to urgently develop a comprehensive Education Sector Plan (ESP) for the state. CIF said the Education

10 April 2025

Adopt Agroecology for food security,  environmental sustainability – CIF, Stakeholders Tell Akwa Ibom Government 

The Clement Isong Foundation (CIF) and stakeholders in the agricultural sector have called on the government of Akwa Ibom State to adopt agroecology, noting that it has significant potential to

10 April 2025

Stakeholders Insist On Agroecology To Boost Agriculture, Increased Budgetary Provisions In A’Ibom

Agricultural experts, policymakers, and farmers have insisted on the need for enhanced agroecological practices to improve food security, environmental sustainability, and economic growth in Akwa Ibom State. This resolution was

10 April 2025

Clement Isong Foundation Establishes Ibeno Green Youth Hub in Collaboration with ActionAid Nigeria

In partnership with ActionAid Nigeria, the Clement Isong Foundation (CIF) proudly announces the successful establishment of the Ibeno Green Youth Hub, a sustainability-focused initiative designed to equip young people with

10 April 2025

NOTIFICATION AND INVITATION TO THE BURIAL OF OUR BELOVED MATRIARCH

The Clement Isong Foundation, on behalf of the family, warmly invites you to join us in celebrating the extraordinary life and legacy of our beloved matriarch, Late Obongawan Deaconess (Mrs.)

16 December 2024

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