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EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Friday,  May 4, 2018

"Getting involved is the only solution. You don’t have to like politics,you have to get involved."- Dr Donatus Okonkwo (Founder, Tetrazzini Group of Companies)

#DinoRecall Unsuccessful

The verification of signatures of those seeking the recall of Mr Dino Melaye (Senator, Kogi West) held on Saturday, April 28th. Only 5.34% of his constituents verified their signatures and this does not satisfy the constitutional requirement to conduct a referendum.

#WhereIsThe2018Budget

President Buhari presented the proposed 2018 National Budget of N8.612 trillion to the National Assembly on November 7, 2017. 177 days after it was presented, the 2018 Appropriation Bill is not yet passed by the National Assembly.

Mr Ahmed Lawan (Senator, Yobe North) promised the budget will be passed the week ending, May 4th but Nigerians still await its passage.

#OfficeOfTheCitizen Radio Programmes

City/Station

Date/Time

Summary

Abeokuta

Sweet 107.1FM

Tuesday @ 10:30am

Kunle Adeogun of

WARDC

discussed

the minimum wage legislation.

Lokoja

Prime 101.5FM

Tuesday @ 9am

James Akpan, Resident Electoral Commissioner,

INEC

Kogi discussed

the

ongoing continuous voters’ registration.

Lagos

Nigeria Info 99.3FM

Wednesday @ 10am

Taiwo Adewole and Ugochi Nwanze of Lagos Trash Haters discussed

the effect of

Olusosun dumpsite on the environment.

Gombe

GMC 95.1FM

Thursday @ 11am

Naomi Buba of

FIDA

and Rambi Ibrahim Ayala of Gombe State House of Assembly (Billiri East Constituency) discussed

effective representation by lawmakers.

Kano

Arewa 93.1FM

Friday @ 8am

Abubakar Salihu and Riyauddeen Maitama of

BUK

discussed

youth participation in governance.

Anambra

Blaze 91.5FM

Friday @ 10am

Albert Chinwuko of Community Empowerment Network, Ololo Onyekachi of JDPC Awka and Alago Michael discussed

local government autonomy.

Osun

OSBC 104.5FM

Coming Soon!

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.

 #BringBackOurGirls: 4th Year of Consistent Advocacy   

Prof. Chidi Odinkalu and Dr Oby Ezekwesili spoke during a #BringBackOurGirls gathering at Unity Fountain on April 30th to mark our 4th year of consistent advocacy in Abuja. We won’t stop until our girls are BACK & ALIVE! Abuja – Unity Fountain, Daily, 5 – 6pmLagos – Falomo Roundabout, Ikoyi, Saturdays, Noon – 1pm

2018 Elections

Local government elections will hold in Oyo State on May 12, 2018 despite a court order to the contrary.Governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun will hold on July 14, 2018 and September 22, 2018 respectively.

INEC’s Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is rotating registration in local governments in Ondo State. You can also report your challenges with the CVR process.

Have a great weekend!

The EiE Nigeria Team