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EiE Nigeria Weekly Newsletter March 2, 2018

EiE Nigeria Weekly Newsletter March 2, 2018

March is Here!

March 02, 2018 • Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes

EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Friday, March 2, 2018

“If Nigeria will change, it will possibly not come from the office of the President, itwill start with the Office of the Citizen.”

- Femi Longe (Co-Founder, CcHUB)

Light a Candle!

We 'light a candle' for different reasons. On Sunday, March 25th, it will be for Fun, Music, Auction, and Honours. We will be auctioning dinner and time with some personalities including Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Banky W, 2Baba, Pastos Sam & Nike Adeyemi, Pastor Tunde Bakare, Mrs Ibukun Awosika, Leke Alder, Tonye Cole, Oby Ezekwesili and lot more.

The platform goes LIVE on Monday!!

#ChibokGirls, Borno

276 girls abducted on April 14, 2014, 11 months to the 2015 general elections.

#DapchiGirls, Yobe

Over 110 girls missing on February 19, 2018, 12 months to the 2019 general elections.

Education is not a crime! #BringBackOurGirls NOW AND ALIVE!

Abuja – Unity Fountain, Daily, 5 - 6pm

Lagos – Falomo Roundabout, Ikoyi, Saturdays, Noon – 1pm

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EiE at SMWLagos2018 - Let’s Talk Governance 6.0

EiE was live at Social Media Week Lagos 2018 for the 6th year in a row to discuss citizens, governance and technology. This year’s sessions were supported by the USAID’s SACE Project.

A big thank you to our partners, speakers, master class maestros, guests and active citizens -online and offline.

See you in 2019!

100K Challenge

“Nigeria is OUR country and it’s OUR responsibility to elect responsibleand credible leaders to make it work!”- Banky W (Music artiste & EiE #RSVP Ambassador)

We are looking for 100,000 people to register at least 10 people who are eligible to vote.For every 10 people you register, you get one raffle ticket.If you register 20 people, you get 2 raffle tickets.If you register 100 people, you get 10 raffle tickets.Every quarter you’ll enter a draw for N10,000 (cash), VIP and backstage passes to concerts with Banky W, 2Baba and their friends. The raffle will take place every quarter until the continuous voter’s registration (CVR) exercise ends.Next cycle is March, so get busy!Sign up Now!

#MarchForHealth in Abuja

ONE, BudgIT, CODE, CSJ and other civil society organizations (CSOs) led a peaceful protest to the National Assembly on Wednesday, February 28th. They were demanding that at least 1% of the Consolidated Revenue Fund be allocated to the health sector. The Senate sent representatives to address them and promised to consider it.

Another Victim of Cybercrime Act

Several bloggers and activists have been arrested and charged under Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act. Timothy and Daniel Elombah, Editor and CEO of Elombah news website respectively were arrested and charged under the Cybercrime Act for allegedly defamatory article about the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. Justice Gabriel Kolawole of Federal High Court, Abuja, heard the case yesterday, March 1st and the brothers were granted bail while trial continues on May 3rd.

EiE, Paradigm Initiative (PI) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) have been in court since 2016 to repeal the Act. Our next court date is March 15th.

#OfficeOfTheCitizen Radio Programmes

City/Station

Date/Time

Summary

Lagos

Nigeria Info 99.3FM

Monday @ 11am

Abayomi Akinbo of

BudgIT

discussed

the effectiveness of the anti-corruption war.

Lokoja

Prime 101.5FM

Tuesday @ 9am

Anicetus Atakpu of

ActionAid Nigeria

discussed

violent extremism and the role of youths.

Abeokuta

Sweet 107.1FM

Tuesday @ 10:30am

Adenike Tadese of INEC discussed

people living with disabilities and the electoral process.

Gombe

Nigeria Info 95.1FM

Thursday @ 11am

Naomi Abdu of

Federation of Women Lawyers

discussed

the rights of women and children

Kano

Arewa 93.1FM

Friday @ 8am

Huwaila Ibrahim of

Federation of Women Lawyers

discussed

citizens’ right to freedom of speech.

Anambra

Blaze 91.5FM

Friday @ 10am

Onyekachi Ololo of Justice Development and Peace Commision, Awka discussed

activism at the grassroots.

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.