EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Friday, September 22, 2017

#DinoRecall Update

EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Friday, September 22, 2017

"The power of the people is greater than the people in power."-  Wael Ghonim(Internet Activist & Computer Engineer)

APC Hosts Zonal Public Consultation on Federalism

APC, the governing party is engaging the general public on the contentious issues around restructuring Nigeria – creation/merger of states, devolution of powers, independent candidacy, local government autonomy etc.Hosted across the geo-political zones of the country, active citizens are invited to lend their voices to these key issues.Unable to make it to the event physically? Join the conversation online with the hashtag #TrueFederalism.

#OpenNASS: 57 Days after Voting on the #ConstitutionReviewBills

57 days after the National Assembly voted on the #ConstitutionReviewBills, the records of how each member voted the bills have not yet been made public. #OpenNASS demands that the National Assembly makes public their voting records.

Over 20,000 Nigerians have signed the petition demanding for an #OpenNASS. Lend your voice and sign the petition.

OfficeOfTheCitizen Radio Programmes!

City/Station

Date/Time

Summary

Lokoja/Prime 101.5FM

Tuesday/9am

Friday Alih of the

Kogi State House of Assembly

and legal practitioner, Joel Usman discussed

Citizens’ Guide To Recalling Legislators.

Abeokuta/Sweet 107.1FM

Tuesday/10:30am

Chairman, Ogun State Chapter of Society for Peace Studies and Practice, Victor Adesiyan discussed

Ensuring Respect, Safety, Dignity of Women & Children in Emergencies and Conflict Situations.

Lagos/Nigeria Info 99.3FM

Wednesday/8am

Uadamen Ilevbaoje of

discussed

2016 FG Constituency Projects Implementation Reports.

Missed the conversation?

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Calabar/Hit 95.9FM

Thursday/8am

Okoho Umo and George Atelhe discussed

The Role of Citizens in Peace Building.

Abuja/NigeriaInfo 95.1FM

Thursday/10am

Busayo Morakinyo of

discussed

Decentralizing the Open Government Campaign: The Role of Citizens.

Anambra/Blaze91.5FM

Friday/10am

Prince Chris Azor  of

ANSCONET

discussed the

#ConstitutionReview: Engaging Elected Representatives.

Kano/Arewa 93.1FM

Friday/10am

Hamza Ibrahim of CITAD discussed the

Duties & Responsibilities of the Legislature.

Ibadan/Splash 105.5FM

Saturday/10am

Prof. Clement Kolawole of

University of Ibadan

discussed

Youth Empowerment Through Quality Education.

Join us again tomorrow, September 23rd as we discuss HIV prevalance in Oyo State: Citizens and Government's role.

#OfficeOfTheCitizen in Gombe 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:  1,260 Days Around the Corner!   

It will soon be 1,260 days since 276 #ChibokGirls were kidnapped. 113 of the girls still remain in captivity. We will not relent till all the girls are found. Our hope endures!

Chibok Girls:276 abducted.57 escaped. 3 found. 103 released. 5 infants with our girls.19 parents dead.       We are still missing 113!

Lend your voice in your own way or join our gatherings:Abuja – Unity Fountain, Daily, 5 - 6pmLagos – Falomo Roundabout, Ikoyi, Saturdays, Noon – 1pmLagos – Ejigbo Local Council Area, Opposite NNPC, Ejigbo, 2nd & 3rd Saturdays, 11am – 1pmSubscribe to get periodic updates.

 #NigeriaDecides2019 is Around the Corner!   

INEC has started countdown to 2019 general elections – have you registered to vote?

Local Government elections in Akwa Ibom & Kwara; gubernatorial elections in Anambra, Ekiti & Osun and the 2019 elections are around the corner.

Visit to know where you can register.

#DinoRecall Updates

Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West) has appealed the judgement of an Abuja Division of the Federal High Court which gave INEC permission to proceed with his recall process. INEC has however gone ahead to publish the new schedule of activities for the recall of the Mr. Melaye.

Have a great weekend!

The EiE Nigeria Team