#OfficeOfTheCitizen discussions for July 24 – 28
The office of the citizen radio program held across 14 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 Diipo Sotande of Ogun State Internal Revenue Service discussed tax harmonization in the informal sector. Lokoja Prime 101.5FM […]
#OfficeOfTheCitizen discussions for July 17 – 21
The office of the citizen radio program held across 14 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 Folashade Ofurune of HEDEN discussed access to public emergency services. Lokoja Prime 101.5FM Tuesdays @ 9am Commissioner for […]
#OfficeOfTheCitizen discussions for July 10 – 14
The office of the citizen radio program held across 10 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 Adewole Adejola of BudgIT discussed constituency projects in Ogun State. Lokoja Prime 101.5FM Tuesdays @ 9am Halima Sadiq of PIBCID […]
#OfficeOfTheCitizen discussions for July 3 – 7
The office of the citizen radio program held across 11 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 Kunle Adeogu of WARDC discussed tax harmonization in Ogun State. Lokoja Prime 101.5FM Tuesdays @ 9am Christianah Adejumo […]
#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 […]