Hacking The Naija Code - Tuesday, August 11, 2020

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“There is an urgent and massive need for moral and spiritual reconstruction: the kind which will help to demolish morbid desire for naked power and domination and ensure justice, equity and fair play for all.”- Obafemi Awolowo(Nationalist and First Premier of the Western Region)

2020 is the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence and we have grown to be the poverty capital of the world with insecurity being rife. This negates Nigeria’s Constitution which states that the primary purpose of government shall be the security and welfare of the people. This year has also been a tumultuous one with a pandemic that has strained public health infrastructure and adversely affected the global economy.It is clear that Nigeria’s operating system (OS) is corrupt and the fundamentals need to be reset. Corruption is the visible outcome of a system that is not functioning as it was designed. A corrupt OS malfunctions and needs to be debugged and reset. Nigeria needs to be debugged and reset.It is within this context that EiE announces a call for applications to “Hacking the Nigeria Code” - a nine-week online course to help connect the dots about our dear country Nigeria.The course covers a diverse set of topics including, National Questions in National Conferences; Causes & Consequences of Systemic Corruption; Historical Antecedents; and The World Around Us. The sessions will be facilitated by thirteen thought-leading Nigerians including Ayisha Osori, Femi Falana (SAN), Kunle Soriyan, Oby Ezekwesili and Sam Adeyemi.

Speaking on the course and what EiE hopes to achieve with it, the Executive Director, ‘Yemi Adamolekun said, “This course will bring many of the core issues plaguing Nigeria together so that participants get a deeper understanding of the fundamentals; otherwise, we will keep complaining and misdirecting efforts, while Nigeria continues to malfunction.”Register for the course here for #1,000 (one thousand naira). Only 60 successful applicants will be selected to mark Nigeria’s 60 years of independence and each successful applicant will pay an additional N50,000 (fifty thousand naira) as a commitment fee.God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria!

Have a great week!

The EiE Nigeria Team