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EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Friday,  January 26, 2018

“Democracy is sustained and measured not by leaders doing extra-ordinarythings, (invariably, leaders fail to do ordinary things very well),but by citizens rising up to do ordinary things extra-ordinarily well.”- Olusegun Obasanjo (Former President of Nigeria)

#BBOG Members Arrested and Detained

Some members of the #BBOG Abuja family were blocked at the Unity Fountain on Tuesday, January 23rd as they assembled for the #BBOGMarchToTheVilla to remind President Buhari of the #ChibokGirls and other abductees. They were later detained at the FCT Command and eventually released after public outcry. Despite the intimidation, the #BBOGMarchToTheVilla continued on Wednesday & Thursday amidst tight security. We remain resolute and undaunted in our demand! Abuja – Unity Fountain, Daily, 5 - 6pmLagos – Falomo Roundabout, Ikoyi, Saturdays, Noon – 1pmSubscribe to get periodic updates.

#OneVoiceNigeria

On February 16th, Nigerians will hit the streets with #OneVoice for mass mobilization of voters in 10 cities across the country.

Join us! Let’s do this together!

www.onevoice.ng

#OneVoiceNigeria #IStandWithNigeria

Obasanjo Writes President Buhari

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, in a statement on Tuesday, January 23rd, expressed his dissatisfaction with the state of the nation and advised President Buhari not to re-contest in 2019 general elections. Recall that he wrote similar letters during former President Goodluck Jonathan's tenure.

Is Obasanjo right on the state of the nation?

Better Late Than Never!

86 days after former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal was sacked for his alleged involvement in the fraud of N223 million, the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detained him at their Abuja office.

#OfficeOfTheCitizen Radio Programmes

City/Station

Date/Time

Summary

Lokoja

Prime 101.5FM

Tuesday @ 9am

Commisioner for Budget, Paul Maidawa and Sanusi Edogbaya discussed

citizens participation in budget process.

Abeokuta

Sweet 107.1FM

Tuesday @ 10:30am

'Folake Ofurune of Health Education & Empowerment Initiative discussed

female genital mutlation and prohibition act.

Lagos

Nigeria Info 99.3FM

Wednesday @ 8am

Tayo Adegbemle of

discussed

the effectiveness of customer care unit of DISCOs.

Calabar

Hit 95.9FM

Thursday @ 8am

Active Citizens, MarcFarlane Ejah and Eliman Eliman discussed

the NGO bill.

Gombe

GMC 91.7FM

Thursday @ 11am

Special Assistant to the Governor, Melusa Dambina

discussed women in politics.

Kano

Arewa 93.1FM

Friday @ 8am

Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai and Maryam Ahmad of Advocacy on Human Right and Equal Opportunity discussed

the role of youths in social media advocacy

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Anambra

Blaze 91.5FM

Friday @ 10am

Active citizen, Eloka Okafor

discussed the duties of representatives to the citizens.

Never forget, the Office of the Citizen is the highest office in the land! Tweet at @EiENigeria using #OfficeOfTheCitizen to be a part of the conversation.

2019 General Elections

Over 4 million Nigerians have registered during the Continuous Voter’s Registration (CVR) exercise. The CVR exercise will be suspended 60 days before the commencement of the 2019 general election.

Not sure if you registered to vote? Click to know your status.

Other Elections

Local government elections will hold in Osun tomorrow, January 27th despite a court order to the contrary.

Governorship elections in Ekiti & Osun will hold on July 14th & September 22nd respectively.

#SYEUpdate

Do you want to engage your elected representatives? Click to know their contact details.

Have a great weekend!

The EiE Nigeria Team