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Nigerians On Twitter Trend #StopTheNGOBill And Here’s Why

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7 years ago

September 26, 2017

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Nigerians On Twitter Trend #StopTheNGOBill And Here's Why

A group of concerned Nigerians took to Twitter yesterday to protest against the controversial Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO regulatory bill which is about to be passed in the House of Representatives, with #StopTheNGOBill.

The controversial bill seeks to set up a federal agency to be known as the NGO Regulatory Commission, to regulate activities of NGO’s and civil society organisations, CSOs, across the country. The bill proposes that NGOs require permission from the Government before they can raise money, spend money and a total restriction on all their activities.

Here’s what the convener of the protest on Twitter, Caleb Somtochukwu Okeke wrote;

“Why are we not talking about the horrible NGO regulation bill about to be passed by the House of Reps?

Perhaps because you think it doesn’t affect you? Perhaps the only thing that comes to your mind when we say NGO is a jobless group of people who give food to smiling children asked to pose for a camera?

I am thankful that we live in a time where the trifling echo of our voices can in some way matter. I am thankful that however marginal our contributions may be, however vacillating our stance to speak, there is a likelihood that we are being listened to anyway.

The NGO regulation bill is one of those things we need to speak against. In this bill, the government would reserve the power to police the activities of all Non Governmental Organizations.

To help you out of your confusion, Non Governmental Organizations include churches, mosques, student associations, August meetings, the sport club you founded with your best friend in your apartment in mushin, Catholic Women Organizations, any organization that’s Non Governmental and of course the generic charity organizations.

Well in our usual hypocrisy the bill is going to exclude religious organizations, but every other institution is at risk.

Why this is crazy is because you’d require permission from the Government before you can raise money, spend money and a total restriction of your activities really.

Would I worry if this was happening in another country? No. There are positive sides to this bill. A startling number of NGO’s have extorted funds and deserve to be answerable to some form of authority.

My grouse here is that this authority cannot be the pot bellied man in Abuja, smacking his teeth in a silly attempt at removing cigarette smoke and disregarding the files of people who have failed to “co-operate.”

It cannot be the lose mouthed government secretary who waves you away and tells you, “Oga is not around, come back tomorrow” day after day as if your entire existence is for shuffling in an out of government offices.

There are people with severe health conditions who rely on the activities of these NGO’s to survive, and the table of an over fed senator in Abuja is not the right place to deliberate life and death.

Scrutiny is good. I believe that sometimes inspection, analysis and accountability does yield good results especially when steered by the right hands.

But I also believe in integrity, transparency, in even handedness, in the awareness that we exist to make another’s journey easier.

I believe in equity, in service, in the infinitesimal actions of kindness and the changes these small deeds can trigger.

But you would not find these qualities in Abuja. Not in that office filled with light, smelling of camphor, a globe spinning on its table and a framed impression of the Coat of Arms hanging on its wall. You would not find it there.”

Here are some tweets;

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Nollywood star Kanayo O. Kanayo recently gave his son, Clinton, a chance to enter the film industry. Kanayo shared the news on his Instagram page. He showed Clinton meeting the crew of his production company, Simpliciter Associates Productions, on a movie set.

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Kanayo explained that his son would be working hard as both an assistant production manager and Kanayo’s personal assistant.

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“This is Clinton Onyeze Mbaise, my first son. And he is joining us today as assistant production manager and as PA to me. Do not treat him like my son. It is a warning I am giving to everybody. He is here to work. He is going to earn a fee like every other person. Do not begin to say na K.O.K son. I no dey for that kind thing. Treat him as member of production crew. He is going to understudy the production manager and learn this work. Treat him with respect to the extent that you are treating others with respect. That is what I want him to grow into. I do not want you to spoil my son for me when you are not telling him not to do some things. So please, he is joining us today. He has just finished from Babcock University. He studied ICT.”

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“My son, Clinton, Onyeze Mbaise, joins us as assistant production manager & my personal assistant. He is an intern to understudy filmmaking and management before proceeding for further studies. We should let our children work in our organisations or other establishments to appreciate industry. Kudos Onyeze. Welcome on board Simpliciter Associates Productions,” he wrote.

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Enioluwa Adeoluwa, a social media influencer and public figure, has spoken out against the harassment of a crossdresser captured in a viral video on social media.

In the video, bystanders were seen assaulting the crossdresser, with one individual even using a plank to strike them. Enioluwa expressed his disapproval of the incident on his official X page, describing it as “inhumane and unjust.”

They forced this cross dresser to remove the female dress he was wearing ,with just one heavy plank on his thigh pic.twitter.com/R7EfBrmVxu

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He emphasised that individuals should not be subjected to violence or harassment based on their choices or sexual orientation. Enioluwa urged the public to respect people’s decisions and advocated for a world where everyone can live without fear of such mistreatment.

He wrote,

“It is inhumane, it is unjust, and it is unkind to pick up a plank and hit another human because you do not agree with their choices or sexual orientation. Leave people alone. Everyone deserves to live their life without the fear of violence or harassment and, most notably, physical violence. Even if we don’t agree with someone’s choices, we must resist the urge to inflict harm. It’s hypocritical to speak up against oppression while we remain oppressors.”

It is inhumane, it is unjust, and it is unkind to pick up a plank and hit another human because you do not agree with their choices or sexual orientation.

Leave people alone. Everyone deserves to live their life without the fear of violence or harassment and, most notably,…

— Eni Adeoluwa (@Enioluwa_) May 1, 2024

In a separate post, Adeoluwa encouraged the public to adhere to “lawful process” instead of resorting to vigilante justice.

He continued,

“You can decide to misconstrue what I have said, but regardless of our personal beliefs or preferences, justice should never be selective. Once it is, then it simply does not exist. We cannot resort to violence or harm against others simply because we disagree with their choices or lifestyles. Just as we would report illegal activities to the authorities, we must uphold the principle of due process and refrain from taking justice into our own hands. We must reject the notion that violence is justified based on our perceptions of stereotypes and misconceptions. Disputes should and must be resolved through lawful means.”

You can decide to misconstrue what I have said but “Regardless of our personal beliefs or preferences, justice should never be selective. Once it is, then it simply does not exist.”

We cannot resort to violence or harm against others simply because we disagree with their choices… https://t.co/ApnFPeV8mE

— Eni Adeoluwa (@Enioluwa_) May 2, 2024

In April 2022, a new law was proposed in Nigeria that would make it illegal for people to cross-dress. This proposal came as an amendment to an existing law against same-sex marriage. Muda Umar, a member of the House of Representatives, introduced the amendment.

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