The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaete Obot, has been dragged to court by the jailed Human Rights Lawyer in the state, Mr. Inibehe Effiong.
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The lack of good governance of natural resources is resulting in untold economic consequences as mining host communities continue to grapple with loss of farmlands, source of livelihoods and water.
The government must take bold steps to ensure ethical mining practices across the communities in Nigeria.
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It is OF AUGUST IMPORTANCE to #SECURENIGERIA.
The Section 14 (2B) of our constitution states that "....the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government.."
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Better to wait 8 hours to #GETYOURPVC than another 8 years to be in "Prison".
Remember, Sunday, 31st July 2022 is the deadline for the Continuous Voter Registration exercise, as announced by @inecnigeria
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Wealth and income inequalities in West Africa are staggering. West Africa houses three of the ten wealthiest countries in Africa.
In 2017, wealth held by individuals in West Africa’s wealthiest economy, Nigeria, exceeded US$250 billion. Individual wealth held by the second largest economy in the sub-region, Ghana, exceeds US$60bn.
A large part of this wealth is derived from natural resources. The inequities in the distribution of this wealth are stark.
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1. We should engage the ECOWAS Court more 'cos they seem more proactive in ruling on cases than our local courts.
2. We should do an audit of existing draconian laws and disseminate same widely, for greater public awareness.
#SolutionsLab
@chinoobiagwu - "Where there's a conflict between Federal and State Laws, the Federal Law takes precedence"
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@MartObono - Through the civic litigation of the Twitter Ban, We are making a statement to govt that it is not constitutionally empowered to switch off and switch on citizens' rights to expression arbitrarily, without consequences.
Martin Obono (@martobono)- The rationale for the continuous challenge of the TwitterBan by CSOs, even after the Ban had been lifted, is that govt must be made to account for the economic losses of citizens who transacted their business on the social media.
- The media is constrained by several govt. regulators hence, media practitioners are unable to exercise freedom of expression.
- CSOs must carry their media partners along at every stage of their activism so they can disseminate the correct information to the populace.
@bikimberly
Chidi Odinkalu - "NGO s are already governed by a set of principles
- CSOs must set a constituency of foot soldiers to help drive home their demands
- We must raise funds and empower ourselves to lobby the National Assembly to effect the amendments to CAMA, which we seek."
Peter Otabo - "CSOs must synergize and come up with unified consensus to deliver the required punch in the push for the amendment of the CAMA"
#SolutionsLab
Innocent Lagi - "Every action of government must be guided by the constitution of the Federation. Every player, in our polity must abide by its provision regardless of who it is"
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Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi - "The current system must be addressed intentionally before any election can effected, if we want to see any changes"
"- We must identify our allies e.g NBA, SANs, The Judiciary - Ier Jonathan
- We need the energy of the youth
- Our religious groups are another group of allies we must engage"
- Ier Jonathan
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Ier Jonathan - "We must push for the criminalization of hurtful actions against Nigerian citizens not just hate speech.
We must rejig our minds, strategize in order to win on behalf of the Nigerian people"
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Innocent Lagi - "To whom do we direct our complaints about insecurity in the country? We have been directing to do the presidency however, we seem not to be making headway.
- The current state of the country is more grievous than we can speak about"
#SolutionsLab
"In seeking to protect citizens' digital rights at the federal level, we must pay attention to the activities of state governments which are actively suppressing civic rights of CSOs" - Ken Henshaw
Chino Obiagwu(SAN) - "Surprisingly some repressive laws are being sponsored by UN instruments based on human rights
Nigerian youths are an endangered specie when it comes the repression of the right to free speech. They're easily profiled as miscreants"
#SolutionsLab
Welcome address by Abiodun Baiyewu; Executive Director, Global Rights.
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