#OsunDecides2022 is Here!
Dear Active Citizen, This Saturday, July 16, the electorates in Osun State will make a decision. This is your next four years regarding education, healthcare, roads, agricultural support, security, etc. Vote wisely!
Leave No One Behind
Dear Active Citizen, Observation reports in some INEC registration centres as at Friday, July 8, indicate that queues have eased in many areas as citizens are relaxed because of the extension. Don’t be an eleventh-hour citizen! Get registered before the queue gets long again.
#OsunDecides2022 10 days to go!
Dear Active Citizen, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally extended the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). INEC’s initial deadline for voters’ registration was June 30, 2022. If you are yet to participate in the ongoing CVR exercise (new registration, transfers, information update, lost/damaged cards), you still have the opportunity to do so but don’t […]
Our Girls, Our Pride!
Dear Active Citizen, Nigeria is faced with an unprecedented wave of different security crises – from kidnapping to terrorism – almost every corner of the country has been hit by violence and crime. When President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2015, he promised to protect citizens from terrorists and criminals. But there is less than […]
Get involved!
Dear Active Citizen, The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally extended the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). INEC’s initial deadline for voters’ registration was June 30, 2022. If you are yet to participate in the ongoing CVR exercise (new registration, transfers, information update, lost/damaged cards), you still have the opportunity to do so but don’t […]
Humans not Numbers
Dear Active Citizen, Eighty-eight days after the terror attack and abduction of 61 known passengers on the Kaduna-bound train, 50 men, women, and children are still languishing in the bandits’ den. On June 11, 2022, 11 of the victims were released “following negotiations”. How many more Nigerians can our nation afford to lose because of […]
We won’t stop until they #BringBackOurGirls
Dear Active Citizen, On Tuesday, June 14, troops of 26 Task Force Brigade on patrol around Ngoshe in Borno State found two of the yet to be rescued #ChibokGirls, Hawa Joseph & Mary Dauda. Both of them were kidnapped on the same day (April 14, 2014) and lived in the same camp for eight years without recognising […]
Meet ‘Yemi Adamolekun, the Global Citizen Prize Winner Fighting for Citizens’ Rights in Nigeria
‘Yemi Adamolekun is the Executive Director of Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria, which turns 12 years. The year was 2010 and a young Nigerian woman, who’d just arrived back in Nigeria after pursuing a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in the United Kingdom, was undergoing the mandatory year of service that all Nigerian graduates […]
Global Citizen Prize Winner – 2022 Citizen Award Nigeria, ‘Yemi Adamolekun Used Her Acceptance Speech To Share A Very Important Message
Good evening everyone!
I am honored to stand before you today to accept this award.
The late Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, “If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
I am grateful for the opportunity to be part of this community of Global Citizens who have chosen not to be neutral.
#EkitiDecides2022
Dear Active Citizen, #EkitiDecides2022 holds in a few days. Now that debates have been held and campaign promises have been made, we appeal to electorates in Ekiti, especially the young and first-time voters, to come out in large numbers and cast their votes on Saturday, June 18, 2022. Do not vote for a candidate you do not know anything […]