#OfficeOfTheCitizen discussions for June 25 – 30
The office of the citizen radio program held across 9 states in Nigeria during the week. Below is the summary of topics and guests for the week. City/Station Date/Time Summary Abeokuta Sweet 107.1FM Tuesdays @ 10:30am Adenike Tadese of INEC discussed the continuous voter’s registration Lokoja Prime 101.5FM Tuesdays @ 9am Former Chairman, Idah LGA, […]
12-point Resolution Passed by the National Assembly
In a collective resolve to protect the sanctity of the legislature, the Nigerian National Assembly held a joint closed-door session on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, whose outcome brought about the following resolution: 1. The Security Agencies must be given marching orders to curtail the sustained killings of Nigerians across the country and protect life and […]
NIGERIA’S DEPLORABLE HEALTH SECTOR
Just like the power sector, the Nigerian healthcare system has remained a puzzle which past and present administrations have been unable to solve. It is disheartening to state that every area and fiber of the healthcare sector is in a rot, nothing practically works, could it be as a result of bad and selfish leaders? […]
The State of Nigeria’s Tertiary Institutions
It can be disheartening when you are with your peers and all of a sudden someone is like, ‘I finished from a university in Ghana’, and all attention shifts to the person because they feel his/her brain is working better than yours, and you are like, ‘seriously, I am a graduate of the University of […]
BBOG Dapchi Girls Press Release
FOR RELEASE on February 22, 2018 #BringBackOurGirls #Day1411 #RescueDapchiGirls #Day4 On the evening of Monday, February 19th, 2018 Boko Haram attacked the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, in Yobe State supposedly to raid the food stores of the school. At the time there were 926 students on the school roll. The following morning […]
Political Participation in Nigeria: The Role of the Citizens
The Nigerian scenario is that of political infighting, public displays of disaffection, the convoluted partnerships with each stakeholder involved as a result of self-interest. This, in turn, presents itself in the existence of a certain control group(s) involved in the devolution of resources in the economy. The military rule post-independence, and the subsequent rule of […]
Obasanjo’s letter to Buhari – Lessons for Citizens
I am constrained to issue this special statement at this time considering the situation of the country. Some of you may be asking, “what has brought about this special occasion of Obasanjo issuing a special statement?” You will be right to ask such a question. But there is a Yoruba saying that ‘when lice abound […]
An Overview of Lagos State’s Budget Deficit
A budget is defined as an estimate of income and expenditure for a set tenure, mostly in the future, by a government in this case. A budget can be in deficit or in surplus. In the Nigerian context, deficit budgeting has taken its reins ever since after the first Obasanjo administration. In the Lagos context, […]
Curbing the Marauding Herdsmen
On the first day of 2018, Benue, the food basket of the nation, was thrown into mourning. No thanks to suspected herdsmen who gruesomely murdered defenseless citizens and rendered many homeless. According to reports, six communities in Guma and Logo Local Government Areas of Benue State was attacked on New Year’s day leaving over 50 […]
The NGO Bill and its Implications
The proposed Non-Governmental Organization Regulatory Commission Bill seeks to establish a federal agency responsible for the supervision, coordination, and monitoring of Non-Governmental Organizations and Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria. The bill sponsored by the Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Umar Buba Jibril representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal Constituency has generated lots of comments from affected […]