EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Friday, March 1, 2019

#NigeriaHasDecided

March 01, 2019 • Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

Friday, March 1, 2019 EiE Nigeria Weekly Update

 

“Future generations will judge us not by what we say, but what we do.”- Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf(Former Liberian President)

 #NigeriaHasDecided   

On Saturday, February 23rd, Nigerians went to the polls and in the early hours of Wednesday, February 27th, President Muhammadu Buhari & Vice President Yemi Osinbajo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were declared winners of the election.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), rejected the results and plans to challenge it in court.

As part of the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, we had issued a statement Tuesday evening raising concerns with the process - cancelled votes; disparity in the number of registered voters and occurrences of voter suppression.

We will work with other civil society organizations and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review our electoral process and laws.

 Active citizens, Gubernatorial, State House of Assembly and Federal Capital Territory Council elections will hold on Saturday, March 9th.Your vote is your power! Go out and vote!!!

 #NoDebateNoMandate   

Governorship elections are 8 days away!

Watch gubernatorial debates happening in the following states:

Rivers – Tuesday, March 5th, 5pm

Benue - Wednesday, March 6th, 7pm

In Irepodun, Osogbo or Olorunda in Osun State?

Attend the town hall meeting for candidates running for Osun State House of Assembly.

Thursday, March 7th, 11am.

 Voting Next Weekend?   

Niger State joins the OOTC family next week.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.

112 #ChibokGirls have spent 2 elections cycle in captivity. Leah Sharibu and Alice Ngaddah are also 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 month!

The EiE Nigeria Team