EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Friday, February 1, 2019

People’s Debate

Friday, February 1, 2019 EiE Nigeria Weekly Update

 

“Deliberation and debate is the way youstir the soul of our democracy.”- Jesse Jackson (American Civil Rights Activist)

EiE in partnership with TVC Communications, ONE, BudgIT & Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) will host Vice Presidential and Presidential debates tagged 'The People’s Debate', holds on Thursday, February 7th and Sunday, February 10th respectively.

Watch live on TVC at 7pm. It will also be aired on all BBC local languages media channel.

Do you have questions for the candidates? Do you want to be part of the audience?

EiE's #RSVP Ambassador, MI collected his PVC on Tuesday, January 29th.Have you picked up your Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC)? What are you waiting for?PVC collection ends on February 8th.Your Vote; Your Voice!Click to know where to pick up your PVC.

Governorship elections are 29 days away!

Active citizens! Watch various governorship debates and engage candidates on their plans for your state.

Watch gubernatorial debates happening in the following states:

  • Plateau - Saturday, February 2, 2019

  • Lagos - Saturday, February 9, 2019

  • Benue - Wednesday, February 13, 2019

#NoDebateNoMandate #NigeriaDecides2019

We successfully co-hosted legislative town hall meetings In Adamawa, Enugu, Gombe, Kano Plateau, and Edo States.

Active citizens in Zamfara, Yobe & Katsina! National Assembly election is 15 days away. Here's the time to engage your candidates on their plans to represent you at the National Assembly.

Plan to attend and engage your candidates!

 #SMWLagos 2019 – Let’s Talk Governance 7.0   

EiE will be live at Social Media Week Lagos 2019 for the 7th year in a row to discuss citizens, governance and technology. Register for our session below. We look forward to interacting with you on Thursday, February 7th.

You can follow the conversation on #OfficeOfTheCitizen radio programme.

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.

Today, February 1st marks 71 days to 5 years of 112 #ChibokGirls in captivity. Leah Sharibu, Alice Ngaddah also remain in captivity.Join us on as we demand for our girls to be brought BACK & ALIVE!#EducationIsNotACrime #BringBackOurGirls #5YearsTooLong

Abuja – Unity Fountain, Daily, 5 – 6pm

Lagos - Noon – 1pm

Ikoyi (Every Saturday)  Falomo Roundabout, Ikoyi.

Ejigbo (2nd & 4th Saturdays) - 64, Adewale Adenuga Street, Orilowo Bus stop via Binta International School.

Have a great weekend!

The EiE Nigeria Team