January 2021 #ThursdayTalks
The first edition of #ThursdayTalks this year held yesterday, January 28th. Seun Onigbinde (Director, BudgIT) and Dipo Awojide (Founder, BTDT Hub) discussed Education Financing in Public Universities and the Way Forward. Speaking at the conversation, Dipo Awojide called for full autonomy for public universities in Nigeria, adding that the government can support through grants. On his part, Seun Onigbinde called […]
‘GIDIGBO’ in the House of Representatives
Uppercut, hook, counterpunch…Anthony Joshua must be shaking right now?♂️? Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM), broke into a fight at the venue of the public hearing of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) on Thursday, January 28, 2021. The fight started when HOSTCOM was called to make a presentation. A disagreement amongst the members led to […]
#MyLG Town Hall Meeting
As parts of our efforts at ensuring active citizens’ participation in local governance, we partnered with BudgIT to train local government (LG) administrators on preparing citizens-focused budgets in Ebonyi and Zamfara States on Monday, January 25th and Wednesday, January 27th respectively. The administrators learnt about transparency, service delivery and inclusion in the preparation of LG budgets.
#OrluMayhem
Dear Legislator, Don’t be silent!
Some #ChibokGirls Released
Some good news! There are reports that some of the #ChibokGirls abducted by Boko Haram since 2014 might have escaped yesterday, January 28th. We continue to demand the freedom of all of the abducted girls.
#MyLG Town Hall Meeting
The #myLG Town Hall meeting held yesterday in Ebonyi State. The project is aimed at ensuring active citizens’ participation in local governance. In attendance were Local Government Secretaries, Directors of Personnel Management (DPM), the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Inter-party and Labour Matters, representatives from the Ministry of Budget & Planning; and the […]
6 Months On
January Thursday Talks
Join us for the first edition of Thursday Talks in 2021 as we talk about Education Financing. Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was on strike for 9 months last year. This model is NOT working! Register here to join the conversation! We also welcome The Cable as our media partner this year!
Armed Forces Remembrance Day
The labour of our heroes past, shall never be in vain!
Public Interest Litigation Committee – Olumide Babalola
In light of recent events, the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has empanelled a 13-member NBA Public Interest Litigation Committee (PILC) with a mandate to, among other things, actively take steps to restore and reinforce the faith of the society in law as a veritable tool to bringing solutions to societal issues and checking abuse of power. Mr […]