#OfficeOfTheCitizen Discussion May 20th and May 25th
The office of the citizen radio program will hold across 23 states in Nigeria during the week. Below is the summary of topics and guests. City/Station Date/Time Summary Lokoja Prime 101.5FM Tuesdays @9am Mrs Gift Omoniwa; Executive Director PIBCID “National day of action: Stop the killings” AbeokutaSweet 107.1FM Tuesdays @11am Mr. Ola Raheem, Ogun State […]
…when schooling in Nigeria is becoming a scam
After being in the education system for over 12 years, I have come to realize that most parents send their children to school for different reasons; that can either be directly or indirectly linked to What their intuition deems as the best legacy. I have witnessed most rich parents and poor parents work hard So […]
BILLS BUHARI REFUSED TO ASSENT (2015-2019)
President Buhari has rejected Over 30 Bills between 2015 and 2019. Some of these Bills were rejected for a variety of reasons e.g. they were duplicating the roles of existing agencies, or they were rent-seeking in nature and poorly worded. Adversary politics that we see in government today has led the process of drafting a […]
#OfficeOfTheCitizen Discussion May 13th and May 18th
The office of the citizen radio program will hold across 23 states in Nigeria during the week. Below is the summary of topics and guests. City/Station Date/Time Summary Lokoja Prime 101.5FM Tuesdays @9am Hamza Aliyu, the executive Director of INGRA; Initiative for Grassroot Advancement. OOTC:KogiDecides2019: what you need to know. Abeokuta Sweet 107.1FM Tuesdays @11am […]
Democracy as Warfare
From a rather random discussion on how politicians treat opposition party members, we tried to narrate stories in our native tongues using the word “opposition” in as friendly a term as possible but we all ran into the same brick wall: first, what exactly is opposition in our native language? It all seemed, for most, […]
Banana
The Vice President was in Germany last year during which he spoke to investors about the potential for investing in the Nigerian market. When he got talking about agriculture, he made a comment that set alarm bells off in my head. “Carlos Farms, a Mexican fruit and vegetable investor, had initially planned to grow bananas […]
Pandemic issues…
In Nigeria, over 80% of people working do not like their work because they are aging daily but still unfulfilled. In Nigeria, we record an increase in primary/secondary dropouts every year because the teaching-learning process is not fun anymore. In Nigeria, most first class graduates do not mind serving third class/pass graduates and university dropouts […]
#OfficeOfTheCitizen Discussion May 5th and May 11th
The office of the citizen radio program will hold across 23 states in Nigeria during the week. Below is the summary of topics and guests. City/Station Date/Time Summary Lokoja Prime 101.5FM Tuesdays @9am Nil AbeokutaSweet 107.1FM Tuesdays @11am Adesegun Emmanuel Adesina Esq, Chairman, Coalition of NGOs in Ogun State (CONGOS) #OfficeOfTheCitizen: Why Citizens Should […]
The inner thought of the Nigerian Youths….
I love my country Nigeria, but I am losing my pride as a Nigerian. I was born in Nigeria but am not always happy that I grew up in Nigeria. Truly, Nigeria is the only country I can call mine, but I have always wished I had the opportunity to choose another country to be […]
#OfficeOfTheCitizen Discussion April 28th and May 4th
The office of the citizen radio program will hold across 23 states in Nigeria during the week. Below is the summary of topics and guests. City/Station Date/Time Summary Lokoja Prime 101.5FM Tuesdays @9am Halima Sadiq, Senior Program officer PIBCID and Endurance Henry Chinweba, PIBCID. #OfficeOfTheCitizen; Holding Elected Leaders Accountable. AbeokutaSweet 107.1FM Tuesdays @11am […]