tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-24512202979426002912007-06-14T11:04:00.000-04:002007-06-15T13:45:58.065-04:00<div align="justify"><span class="dropcaps">N</span>igerian Lighthouse is an organization with a tall order. We are seeking to encourage and defend the principles of Nigeria's democracy by utilizing information, technology and the collaborative power of Nigerian citizens. Broad and evasive innit.<br />Solomonsydelle's initiative, the Nigerian Proclamation, was a pilot project for one of the three initiatives of Nigerian Lighthouse - the use of technology in defense of Nigeria's democracy. The other projects are offline and in development, and I'd talk about those later. We thank you guys for making this dream a reality. Our call is to speak up, our philosophy is to stay positive and work with all willing Nigerians in making Nigeria better.<br />We believe that given the appropriate tools, significant changes can be made to governance in Nigeria. We also believe that e-governance tools will help achieve the level of democracy and civic participation that many Nigerians seek. We are presently fine tuning our mix of offline and online tools, which will be adopted for the improvement of transparency in our Government. I intended to plug Nigerian Lighthouse and I hope I have succeeded in sparking your interest. Our online home will be <a href="http://www.nigerianlighthouse.org/">Nigerian Lighthouse</a>. We are working feverishly to make it user friendly. Internship programs will be available soon, so if you know any energetic college student in Nigeria, willing to hone his skills, please do send him my way.<br />By the way I signed every Nigerian blogger up for the Blogactivist project. I am just kidding. I know a few hearts just skipped a beat. Activism need not be confrontational. More coming soon.</div>Omodudu