#OfficeOfTheCitizen Discussions for November 24th to November 29th
City/Station Date/Time Summary Akure Breeze 91.9fm Tuesday 10:00- 11:00am Social Media Bill & Its Implications on Citizens Wale Obanigba; Coordinator, Reformation Vanguard. Oluyemi Fasipe; Ambassador; Social Intervention Advocacy Foundation Abeokuta Sweet 107.1FM Tuesdays @11am Health Coverage and Affordability: NHIS as a Case StudyMicheal Alimi; College Doctor, Taidob College Hospital, Abeokuta. Ebonyi Unity […]
#OfficeOfTheCitizen Discussions for November 11th to November 15th
City/Station Date/Time Summary Edo Bronze 101.5FM Thursday @1pm Nil Abeokuta Sweet 107.1FM Tuesdays @11am Holding Elected Leaders Accountable. Olaseni Adetokunbo; Research Fellow and SDG Advocate. Emmanuel Adebanjo; Teacher and Public Speaker. https://soundcloud.com/eienigeria/ootc-abeokuta-oct-29-2019 – Direct link to the OOTC on Eventbrite. Ebonyi Unity 101.5FM Tuesdays @ 1pm Nil Bayelsa […]
#OfficeOfTheCitizen Discussions for November 18th to November 22nd
City/Station Date/Time Summary Edo Bronze 101.5FM Thursday @1pm Nil Abeokuta Sweet 107.1FM Tuesdays @11am Health Coverage & Affordability: NHIS as a Case Study. Folasade Ofurune; Executive Director, Health and Empowerment Initiative (HEDEN) Ebonyi Unity 101.5FM Tuesdays @ 1pm Nil Bayelsa Glory 97.1FM Tuesdays @ 8pm Nil Zamfara […]
Clampdown Against Dissent
Active citizens protested in 20 states on Wednesday, November 27th to demand that the National Assembly should withdraw the Social Media and Hate Speech Bills. The bills are a direct attack on our freedom of speech and expression. Our existing laws are enough to address all possible crimes in using social media. Why do we need to create new […]
Border Closure, Import Substitution & Nigeria’s Denial of its Structural Challenge
The pronouncement by the government directing the CBN to stop providing foreign exchange for importation of food should require rigorous interrogation. What is unfortunate is the worn-out narrative that removing the importers from the “official” FX list will spur domestic production and also conserve foreign currency. This is partly untrue. We have also taken this […]
Silencing Dissenting Voices
Despite the court ruling on Thursday, November 14th declaring that APC has no governorship candidate in Bayelsa election tomorrow, November 16th, INEC has confirmed that the APC will participate in the governorship election. INEC Federal Commissioner for Voter Education and Publicity, Mr Festus Okoye, on Friday, November 15th stated that the court ruling does not say APC should not […]
“Laws Are Sometimes Not Implemented Because They Are Bad” by Feyi Fawehinmi
Some magic recently happened in Nigeria. In a matter of one month, the President sent a bill to the National Assembly, it was ‘debated’, passed by both the Senate and Reps and signed by the President himself after Abba Kyari, his red cap-wearing Rasputin, hand-delivered it to him in London to save money on courier […]
#OfficeOfTheCitizen Discussions for October 4th to November 8th
City/Station Date/Time Summary Edo Bronze 101.5FM Thursday @1pm Nil Abeokuta Sweet 107.1FM Tuesdays @11am Holding Elected Leaders Accountable. Olaseni Adetokunbo; Research Fellow and SDG Advocate. Emmanuel Adebanjo; Teacher and Public Speaker. https://soundcloud.com/eienigeria/ootc-abeokuta-oct-29-2019 – Direct link to the OOTC on Eventbrite. Ebonyi Unity 101.5FM Tuesdays @ 1pm SDG2: NO Hunger […]
Use your voice!
The Senate on Tuesday, November 5th reintroduced the bill to regulate social media. The bill, ‘Protection of Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill, 2019’ was sponsored by Mohammed Sani Musa. Our existing laws are sufficient to address all possible crimes in using social media, why do we need to create new ones to silence dissenting voices? Active citizens! If you value […]
Activists: Nigeria’s Endangered Species.
Nigeria’s Endangered Species. Democracy was founded upon the tenet that power would not reside with a single individual, dynasty or institution. The purpose of democracy is to distill power across the rungs of society. Political scientists found out that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely and as such there is a need to put […]