______ Two Decades of Civil Society Activism and Advocacy: Navigating the Labyrinth of the Development and Security Agenda in Southwestern Nigeria Mike Omilusi Ekiti State University, Nigeria Introduction Relationships between contemporary governments and civil society organizations (CSOs) in Nigeria have been mainly adversarial and imbued with mutual mistrust, with CSOs increasingly demanding participation in the policy process (Schultz & Uzochukwu, 2016). Across