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DEAs Episode 135 One Year After the Vote: IDEAs in the Judiciary with Ikeazor Akaraiwe SAN

icking the discussion off, Ayo introduced Ike who had come all the way from Enugu, and said that we would look at the Integrity, Democracy, Ethics and Accountability issues in the way that the Judiciary has comported itself since the last elections.  The first thing we should look at was the performance of the Judiciary in relation to elections, because ordinary jobbing lawyers like herself were continually having their matters adjourned because election matters took priority. 

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IDEAs Episode 129 The Buhari government’s IDEAs record: how should the incoming administration incorporate IDEAs?

The Buhari government’s IDEAs record: how should the incoming administration incorporate IDEAs?

Chuwudi Ezugwu introduced the guest – Mr. Joseph of BudgIT – with whom we  would assess the outgoing administration as to its IDEAs record in relation to financing and budgeting.  He handed over to Ayo Obe who said that Joseph Amenaghawon was the Strategy and Growth advisor of BudgIT, the famous NGO which had popularised the idea of making the nation’s finances comprehensible to ordinary people through infographics backed by deep deep research.

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IDEAs Episode 127 MRA’s Edetaen Ojo on the National Media Complaints Commission

MRA’s Edetaen Ojo on the National Media Complaints Commission

Chukwudi said that the show would be looking at the National Media Complaints Commission, with Edetaen Ojo, the Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda as Ayo Obe’s guest.

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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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