Connected Development Initiative (CODE), is a Nigerian not-for-profit founded in 2012, and focused on empowering marginalized communities to demand goods and services by creating platforms for dialogue and building citizens’ capacity to hold their government accountable[1] through its Follow The Money (FTM) initiative.
[2][3] Connected Development started as a community activism and grassroots mobilization.
In 2012, the founder, Hamzat Lawal was grieved by the lead poisoning that took place in Zamfara state two years earlier.
[4] When he realized that nobody was talking about the disaster and the people affected after killing more than 400 people, he embarked on a 14 hours journey to the community, Bagega,[5] where the incident took place in order to learn more about the aftermath of the problem.
[9] CODE envision a world where all people even in the most remote areas of the globe can hold their government accountable.