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EiE Nigeria Weekly Newsletter March 9, 2018
Where is the budget?
EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Friday, March 9, 2018
“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators andcongressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”- Franklin D. Roosevelt(32nd President of the United States)
#ThursdayTalks Lagos
‘#ThursdayTalks Lagos’, a monthly conversation with thought leaders, change agents and active citizens which aims at driving conversations around active citizenship and the demand for good governance.Join Innocent Chukwuma, Regional Director (West Africa), Ford Foundation for the first session. Registration is required!
Thursday, March 29th, 5pm.
Where is the 2018 Federal Budget?
President Buhari presented the proposed 2018 National Budget of N8.612 trillion to the National Assembly on November 7, 2017. 23 days to the end of the first quarter in 2018, the 2018 Appropriation Bill is not yet passed by the National Assembly. The National Assembly has been pointing fingers to the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for delaying the passage of the budget because of their failure to defend their budgets.
#OpenNASS: N13.5 million for Running Costs?
In an interview, Mr Shehu Sani (Senator, Kaduna Central) revealed that a Nigerian senator receives N13.5 million monthly for running costs apart from his monthly salary. The issue with legislator’s pay package is allowances and not published salaries. Active citizens! Engage your reps on how they spend N13.5 million monthly.
#IWD2018: Press for Progress
March 8th, which marks International Women’s Day is a day to celebrate women and reflect on progress made in accelerating gender parity. The Gender Equal Opportunity Bill has been lingering in the National Assembly for over 3 years. It is presently at the Committee Stage.Engage the National Assembly to pass the bill into law to curb discrimination against women.
#OfficeOfTheCitizen Radio Programmes
City/Station
Date/Time
Summary
Lokoja
Prime 101.5FM
Tuesday @ 9am
Ahmodu Hassan, SSA to
on Peolple Living with Disabilities, Roseline Alibi of Dual Communications and Yakubu Bilikisu of People Living with Disabilities discussed
the electoral process and people living with disabilities.
Abeokuta
Sweet 107.1FM
Tuesday @ 10:30am
Folashade Ofurune of
discussed
community health and environmental sanitation in Ogun.
Lagos
Nigeria Info 99.3FM
Wednesday @ 10am
James George, an environmental expert discussed
the effect of flooding in Lagos.
Gombe
Nigeria Info 95.1FM
Thursday @ 11am
Haruna Yelma of Law Officers Association of Nigeria discussed
the role of citizens in the constitution amendment process.
Kano
Arewa 93.1FM
Friday @ 8am
Ibrahim Sarki Abdullahi of Center for Entrepreneurial and Community Development discussed
youth & children’s right to education
.
Anambra
Blaze 91.5FM
Friday @ 10am
Active Citizens, Nwogu Queen and Okoli Ukamaka Agnes discussed
women’s participation in governance.
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.
1st Volunteer Day in 2018
Our 1st Volunteer Day for 2018 held last Saturday, March 3rd. It was a big success!
Volunteers had an interactive session with EiE’s Executive Director, ‘Yemi Adamolekun on promoting citizen’s engagement.
As the world marks the #InternationalWomensDay, we cannot #PressForProgress as a country if we fail to learn from issues.
#ChibokGirls, Borno
276 abducted on April 14, 2014, 112 are still missing after 1425 days.
4 Years Later
#DapchiGirls, Yobe
110 girls abducted on February 19, 2018, 18 days after, they are still missing.
Federal government should wake up to its responsibilities and #BringBackOurGirls NOW AND ALIVE!
Abuja – Unity Fountain, Daily, 5 - 6pm
Lagos – Falomo Roundabout, Ikoyi, Saturdays, Noon – 1pm
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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!
INEC’s Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR)
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is rotating registration in local governments in Ogun State. Click to see the schedule of movement.
You can also report your challenges with the CVR process.
2018 Elections
Local government elections will hold in Oyo State on May 12th.
Governorship elections in Ekiti & Osun will hold on July 14th & September 22nd respectively.
Opportunities
There are vacancies for different positions at EiE Nigeria.
Have a great weekend!
The EiE Nigeria Team