While debates on the effects of the post-9/11 counterterrorism measures (CTMs) on civil society organizations (CSOs) exist, there is a paucity of data on how CTMs are shaping the spaces and actors of CSOs in Nigeria. Using a mixed-methods design, this article analyzes CSOs’ perceptions on the effects of counterterrorism financing measures, the countermeasures that CSOs are taking, and the government’s views on the security threat posed by CSOs. The findings show that although counterterrorism financing were not as constraining, it appears to increase the administrative cost of CSOs and disadvantaged the less prominent CSOs forcing them to close down or merge with more prominent CSOs. Besides, the result shows the state’s increasing interest in the activities of CSOs on the grounds of national security imperatives. Thus, I argue CTMs are evolving, and thus CSOs will experience increased financial regulations. Also, CTMs expansion will threaten CSOs’ sustainability and polarize them.

尽管存在关于9/11后反恐措施（CTM）对民间社会组织（CSO）的影响的辩论，但关于CTM如何塑造尼日利亚CSO的空间和参与者的数据很少。本文采用混合方法设计，分析了民间组织对反恐融资措施的效果的看法，民间组织正在采取的对策以及政府对民间组织构成的安全威胁的看法。调查结果表明，尽管反恐融资并没有那么有限，但它似乎增加了公民社会组织的行政成本，并不利于地位较低的公民社会组织，迫使其关闭或与地位更为突出的公民社会组织合并。此外，结果表明，国家出于国家安全的考虑，对公民社会组织的活动越来越感兴趣。因此，我认为CTM正在发展，因此，公民社会组织将经历越来越多的财务法规。而且，CTM的扩展将威胁CSO的可持续性并使它们两极化。