EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Friday, February 8, 2019

The People’s Debate

February 08, 2019 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

Friday, February 8, 2019 EiE Nigeria Weekly Update

 

“We must begin to imbibe a culture by which those who aspire to lead ourpeople are subjected to a rigorous process of public debates that will assess theirsuitability on objective criteria, rather than the religion theypractice or where they come from.”- Olusegun Adeniyi(Nigerian journalist)

EiE in partnership with TVC Communications, BBC News, ONE, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) and BudgIT hosted a live vice presidential candidates debate tagged ‘The People’s Debate’ on Thursday, February 7th.

 Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (APC), Peter Obi (PDP), Shehu Gabam (SDP) and Umma Getso (YPP) were invited but didn’t attend. Nevertheless, 3 vice presidential candidates participated in the debate.

The presidential debate will hold on Sunday, February 10th, 7pm live on TVC News, Wazobia Max TV, BBC News Yoruba, BBC News Hausa, BBC News Pidgin, BBC News Igbo, Wazobia FM and Nigeria Info.#NigeriaDecides2019, #ThePeoplesDebate, #RSVP

Active citizens! INEC has extended PVC collection till Monday, February 11th.

If you do NOT have a PVC, you can NOT vote in the 2019 elections.

Your Vote; Your Voice!Click to know where to pick up your PVC.

We successfully co-hosted legislative town hall meetings In Zamfara, Calabar and Yobe States this week.

Active citizens in Katsina! National Assembly election is 8 days away. Here's the time to engage your Candidates on their plans to represent you in the National Assembly.

 Plan to attend and engage your candidates!

 #SMWLagos 2019 – Let’s Talk Governance 7.0   

EiE was live at Social Media Week Lagos 2019 for the 7th year in a row to discuss citizens, governance and technology.

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

See you at #SMWLagos2020!

 #OneVoice Anniversary Hangout   

Wednesday, February 6th marked 2nd anniversary of #OneVoiceNigeria. To commemorate this year anniversary, active citizens with PVC watched the ‘Power of 1’ movie for free at cinemas in Lagos, Abuja, Benin, Kano, Jos, Ibadan, Ota, Abeokuta & Uyo.

What are you waiting for? Pick up your PVC!

#OneVoiceNigeria

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 8th marks 64 days to 5 years of 112 #ChibokGirls in captivity. Leah Sharibu, Alice Ngaddah also remain in captivity.

We will keep demanding till our girls are 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