Shine Your Eye!
Dear Active Citizen, The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, in a paper presented at the First Distinguished Parliamentarians Lecture Series organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies in Abuja has revealed the salaries and emoluments of members of the National Assembly to the public. According to him: “The average office running cost for a senator is about ₦13 million while that of a […]
Seeking Justice and Reconciliation
Dear Friend, As of December 5, 2021, Judicial Panels of Inquiry in 27 states have concluded sittings, 2 states have suspended sittings and 7 states have not set up their respective panels. Sitting is currently ongoing in the F.C.T. Out of the 27 states that have concluded sittings, only 15 states have publicly presented reports to their respective state governments. Of the 15 states, only 4 states’ reports are available to the public.
Get Involved!
Completing the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) process is a demonstration of your intention to participate in the elections! However, when intent is not converted to action on Election Day, the results can be far reaching.
BUILDING COLLAPSE: INTEGRITY GAPS IN NIGERIA’S INFRASTRUCTURAL REVOLUTION
[By Kenneth Uttih and ‘Boye Shoroye ] Reflecting on the recent building collapse on Gerard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria– a highbrow area reserved for the upper echelon of society, one cannot but wonder at the layers of lapses that eventually culminated in this magnitude of disaster and fatalities. Civil engineers are the custodians of all […]
The Federal Republic of Unemployed Nigerians
[By Patrick James] The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in the 2019 Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria Report, stated that two out of every five Nigerians are living below the poverty line. This means that two Nigerians out of an estimated five will have to survive on less than a dollar (about 410 naira) per […]