EiE Nigeria unveils CHATBOT to deepen engagement on elections, governance

Enough Is Enough Nigeria (EiE), a non-partisan network of individuals and organisations has launched an Office of the Citizen (OOTC) WhatsApp enabled bot known as CHATBOT to further engage Nigerians on their rights as citizens to demand for good governance, probity, accountability and their representatives in all level of government.

The new addition to the EiE portfolio was unveiled to the public at the organisation’s book presentation – Footprints: Past, Present, Future and fund raising to mark its 12th anniversary at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, yesterday.

Addressing the gathering the Executive Director, Yemi Adamolekun said: “Nigerians need to understand the importance of the Office of the Citizen, hence this new assistant on civic engagement. It is a WhatsApp bot and it will assist citizens to know their elected officials such as governors, senators, House of Representatives members, State House of Assembly members, local council chairmen and councilors.

“CHATBOT would also assist on registration, Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collection, Polling Unit (PU) locator and debates. To get started send ‘hello’ via WhatsApp to 017006381 or scan the QR code,” she added.

On what can be done.

Adamolekun urged citizens to identify a problem that upsets them enough to solve, then find others in the community to work with, because it is hard to do it alone.

Speaking further she called on citizens to identify the duty bearers, which is the government official/office is responsible for this issue and search online or send EiE a message while engaging the duty bearer till result is achieved.