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Friday, September 11, 2020 EiE Nigeria Weekly Update

"When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful."- Malala Yousafzai(Female Education Activist)

17-year-old Ezra Bako, 16-year-old Happiness Odoji, 15-year-old Miracle Saitu Danjuma, 10-year-old Favour Danjuma, & a school teacher, 29-year-old Christiana Madugu were kidnapped on Monday, August 24, 2020,

hours before their final year exam was billed to start. Neither the Government of Kaduna State nor the relevant security establishments of the Federal Government have made any statement whatsoever on this repeat tragedy of schoolchildren being abducted from their schools.

The failure of the Federal Government at that time to publicly acknowledge the ChibokGirls tragedy and mount a swift rescue operation was what laid the foundation for the continuing captivity of the remaining

112 Chibok girls

and

Leah Sharibu

of Dapchi School 6 years and 2 years on, respectively. 

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They ask us to make sacrifices, yet, they live extravagant lifestyles at our expense. Instead of rationalizing resources, states are paying former governors and their deputies jumbo pensions, houses, vehicles, fully-paid vacation, medical insurance and other juicy perks. The time for a drastic cut in the cost of governance is NOW!

On

Call of Duty

this week, Anambra State Commissioner for Economic Planning, Budget & Development Partners,

Mark Okoye

and the newly appointed Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance & Economic Development,

Akin

Oyebode

had a very informative conversation on

public service and sub-national finances.

The two gentlemen are also friends, which made for an interesting engagement. 

Last week, #HackNGCode participants had the pleasure of learning about 'How We Think' with Zeal Akaraiwe & Reginald Bassey, where they laid the foundation for the other classes will build. The second class was  'The World Around Us' with Kunle Soriyan, who engaged the participants for two hours and 30 minutes! He took us on an interesting journey from slavery to nationhood to some marriage counselling 🥰Feyi Fawehinmi and Fola Fagbule are pumped and excited for tomorrow's class as they lead a discussion on Nigeria's formation. Wish you could join  us? Watch out for registration details for Cohort #2!

Have a great weekend,The EiE Nigeria Team