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EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Tuesday, October 3, 2017

“True independence can only exist by doing what is right.”- Brigham Young

Happy Independence Day!

Sunday, October 1st was the 57th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence from British colonial rule. Nigeria has come a long way and we still have a long way to go!

‘The Platform’ held on Monday, October 2nd. Speakers included: Prof. Patrick Utomi, Segun Adeniyi, Segun Odegbami, Bishop Matthew Kukah, Okey Enelamah, Roman Oseghale & Prof. Osaghae Eghosa. EiE was on ground to give out copies of #OfficeOfTheCitizen Legislative Passport.Missed the event? Catch up.

#OpenNASS: 68 Days after Voting on the #ConstitutionReviewBills

68 days after the National Assembly voted on the #ConstitutionReviewBills, the records of how each member voted have not 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.

Gombe added to the OfficeOfTheCitizen Radio Family!

We added Gombe to our family of OOTC Radio Programmes last week Thursday! Victor Laima of Laima Foundation discussed the concept of ‘Office of the Citizen’. He answered 11 phone calls but 93 calls were unanswered due to time constraints!

City/Station

Date/Time

Summary

Lokoja/Prime 101.5FM

Tuesday (September 26, 2017) @ 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 (September 26, 2017) @ 10:30am

An active citizen, Tunde Delu discussed

Youth Participation in Politics.

Lagos/Nigeria Info 99.3FM

Wednesday @ 8am

The program was off-air last week due to some technical glitches.

Join us for an exciting episode tomorrow.

You can 

catch up

 on previous episodes

here.

Calabar/Hit 95.9FM

Thursday @ 8am

Austine Ibok, an aide of Cross River State Governor and a stakeholder in PDP in the state, Uket Enun discussed

Internal Democracy in Nigerian Politics.

Abuja/NigeriaInfo 95.1FM

Thursday @ 10am

Ayisha Osori, author of

Love Does Not Win Elections

and Human Right Activist, Chidi Odinkalu discussed the

anti-NGO bill proposed in the Federal House of Representatives.

Anambra/Blaze91.5FM

Friday @ 10am

A media practitioner & grassroot mobilizer, Eguna Amuta discussed the

expectation of citizens in the upcoming governorship election in the state.

Kano/Arewa 93.1FM

Friday @ 10am

Professor Haruna Wakili of Centre for Democratic Research,

Bayero University

, Kano analyzed the

achievements of Nigeria since independence.

Ibadan/Splash 105.5FM

Saturday @ 10am

Obatunde Oladapo and Kayode Ogunkunle of Oyo State Agency for the Centre for Aids (OYSACA) discussed the role of citizens and government in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS in the state.

#OfficeOfTheCitizen in Jos 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. 

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 #BringBackOurGirls: Our Hope Endures!   

It will be 1,270 days on Thursday, October 5th since 276 #ChibokGirls were kidnapped. 113 of the girls still remain in captivity. We will not stop demanding for the release of the remaining girls.

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, Kaduna & Plateau; gubernatorial elections in Anambra, Ekiti & Osun and the 2019 elections are around the corner.

Visit to know where you can register.

#DinoRecall Updates

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived at the National Assembly on Tuesday, September 26th to serve the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye a notice of recall but his office was locked. The bags were thereafter dropped at his doorstep.

Happy Independence!

The EiE Nigeria Team