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Friday, May 31, 2019 EiE Nigeria Weekly Update

“The future of this vast country must depend, in the main,on the efforts of ourselves to help ourselves.This we cannot do if we do not work together in unity.”- Tafawa Balewa(Nigeria’s First Prime Minister)

 20 Years of Democracy   

Wednesday, May 29th marked 20 years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria as President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in for a second term and 12 newly elected & 17 re-elected governors were also sworn into office across the country.We have come a long way and we still have a long way to go.

 #NigeriaMourns   

Citizens came out in large numbers across the country to join the National Day of Mourning and Remembrance organized by Joint Nigeria Crisis Action Committee (JN-CAC) on Tuesday, May 28th.There were activities in Bauchi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Kwara, Imo, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, and Zamfara states.Every Nigerian life must count irrespective of religion or tribe!

#WeAreAllWeHave

#OneDeathTooMany

#NigeriaMourns

#NationalDayOfMourning

PMB Signs 2019 Budget

Finally, the 2019 budget at

N8.916 trillion

was

signed by President Buhari on Monday, May 27th.

The President, however, noted that the budget is N90 billion higher than what he presented to the National Assembly on December 19, 2018. The

new allocations include N23 billion for payment of severance package for members of the National Assembly;

allowances for incoming legislators and their legislative aides without consulting the executive.

Over 1,200 active citizens have shown interest to join SERAP, EiE and BudgIT to file a lawsuit to challenge the legality of N4.68 billion ‘Welcome Package’ for members of the 9th National Assembly.What are you waiting for? Click to join the suit.

You can follow the conversations from the #OfficeOfTheCitizen radio programmes.

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.

We will keep demanding until our girls are brought BACK & ALIVE!#EducationIsNotACrime #BringBackOurGirls #5YearsTooLongAbuja – Unity Fountain, Daily, 5 – 6pm

Lagos - Noon – 1pm

Have a great weekend!The EiE Nigeria Team