EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Friday, August 28, 2020

It takes just one person to begin the movement!

August 28, 2020 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

Friday, August 28, 2020 EiE Nigeria Weekly Update

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."– Barack Obama (44th president of the United States)

In a viral video that surfaced online on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, Mr Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, berated Charles Eyo, a Daily Trust journalist, at a press conference in Calabar, Cross River State.Mr Eyo asked Mr Fani-Kayode who was bankrolling his tour of Cross River State and other states in the South-South. Mr Kayode returned the gbas with his own gbos by calling him unprintable names, one of which was "stupid". Following backlash from active citizens, Mr Fani-Kayode was forced to apologize to the journalist for his outburst.

One of the many things this pandemic has caused is the rising rate of unemployment. This was the focus of 

Tokunbo Afikuyomi Jr

(Editor in Chief, Stears Business) and

Seun Onigbinde

(Director, BudgIT) discussion on today's Call of Duty session. Missed the conversation?

On

Monday, August 31, 2020

 at 8pm we would begin a special weekly Call of Duty instagram series themed

Citizens' Open Mic.

Ikechukwu Oyemike

(Broadcast Journalist) will host the series where you can share your view on burning issues in the country.

Aisha Yesufu

(Entreprenuer) would join the conversation on

COVID-19 Funds Embezzlement, Southern Kaduna Killings And NBA'S Decision.

Don't miss it,

Our 5

edition, the toolkit is

designed to help religious leaders sensitize their congregations

to participate in the governorship elections in Edo & Ondo states.

and share with a religious leader near you.

The August edition of #ThursdayTalks held yesterday.

The thought-provoking session had

Leonard Ebute

(Public Affairs Analyst),  

Dennis Amachree

(Security Consultant),

David Hundeyin

(Journalist) &

Khadijah Bello

(Communications Consultant) discussed 

Stemming the Tide of Insecurity.

Missed the conversation?

Have a great weekend,The EiE Nigeria Team