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IDEAs Episode 109 Security, Who does the President hold Accountable?

After a reminder that IDEAs stands for Integrity, Democracy, Ethics and Accountability, Yvonne Okhaifoh asked Ayo Obe about Accountability for the security issues that have bedevilled the country in the last few days. Ayo said that this was not a problem that had surfaced in the last few days, but that two recent security breaches…

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IDEAS: President Buhari’s Democracy Day speech, Episode 39 (14/06/19)

It’s been a rainy day, but the focus today is the rain of issues (or not), that arise from the President’s Democracy Day speech. I don’t know how you see it Rotimi, but it does seem to me that there’s a … there’s an Accountability gap between statements made at Inauguration, after the battle has been fought and won, and the promises made during the election campaign when voters have a chance to say: Well, you’re going to do … you say you’re going to do this or that, and on the basis of that, I will vote for you. As opposed to, when you’ve … when you are already in position, you are now telling voters that you’re going to do one thing,

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Does the process by which the leadership of the National Assembly emerge affect its oversight and accountability duties IDEAS Radio Episode 29

We’ll begin with the IDEAS segment where we’re going to be asking the question: Does the process by which the leadership of the National Assembly emerge affect its oversight and accountability duties. It’s a question Ayo Obe will be asking on Countdown on the IDEAS segment.

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