Citizen Empowerment

  Corruption By LT " The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst "  Daviv Hume. From available data from NBS on corruption Patterns and Trends, scope of bribery in Nigeria, the data indicates that out of all Nigerian citizens, who had at least one contact with a public official in the 12 months prior to the 2019 survey, 30.2 per cent paid a bribe to, or were asked to pay a bribe by, a public official. This means that, although still relatively high, the prevalence of bribery in Nigeria may have undergone a moderate, yet statistically significant, decrease since 2016, when it stood at 32.3 per cent. Of the 37 states in Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), 17 recorded statistically significant changes in the prevalence of bribery from 2016 to 2019, of which nine experienced significant decreases. Ordered from the smallest to the largest decrease, those states comprised Abia, Kano, Taraba, Zamfara, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Ondo, Kebbi and Born...

  RESTRUCTURING NIGERIA using THE POWER OF THE CITIZENS By LT     PART 2: “ OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND ”                                      CITIZENS & GOVERNANCE   Nigeria is a country with very complex domestic situations, re-enforced by the decreasing political ability,   tone-deaf leadership and in some cases selfish or vested interest persons, to identify systemic dangers with our many diversities, mostly related to concerns around justice, equity, religion, ethnicity, rights, nepotism, land conflicts, corruption, security, self-determination and agitation.     Additionally, the majority of citizens don't even know what their elected officials stand for or believe in, let alone what or how the policies of elected officials will affect them.   To compound the existing, citizens have few or no opportunities to communicate and...