Enhancing The Integrity Of Nigeria's Electoral Process
12 de oct. de 2024 ·
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The recently concluded governorship election in Edo State failed the electoral integrity test. At least, that was the verdict by the civil society group, YIAGA AFRICA, in its official report...
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The recently concluded governorship election in Edo State failed the electoral integrity test. At least, that was the verdict by the civil society group, YIAGA AFRICA, in its official report evaluating the election.
The report highlighted several reasons for this failure, starting with what it called a compromised results collation process. The group found that while key electoral procedures like accreditation, voting, and counting adhered to established guidelines, the integrity of the overall results was severely undermined during collation. Specific incidents included biased INEC officials colluding with other actors to manipulate results. Additionally, the report noted the absence of post-election statements on collation process. Such oversight, it said, created an environment conducive to result alteration.
Before and after the conduct of the Edo governorship poll, various states have held their local government elections. Based on available reports, they were not short of the usual complaints that follow elections in Nigeria—from allegations of electoral fraud to the disenfranchisement of eligible voters.
Given the Electoral Act 2022, which introduced key changes to Nigeria's electoral system, one wonders if these reforms have truly addressed the systemic issues that have plagued elections in the past.
Why have elections in Nigeria continued to be marred by violence and fraud?
Here, we discuss the way forward.
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The report highlighted several reasons for this failure, starting with what it called a compromised results collation process. The group found that while key electoral procedures like accreditation, voting, and counting adhered to established guidelines, the integrity of the overall results was severely undermined during collation. Specific incidents included biased INEC officials colluding with other actors to manipulate results. Additionally, the report noted the absence of post-election statements on collation process. Such oversight, it said, created an environment conducive to result alteration.
Before and after the conduct of the Edo governorship poll, various states have held their local government elections. Based on available reports, they were not short of the usual complaints that follow elections in Nigeria—from allegations of electoral fraud to the disenfranchisement of eligible voters.
Given the Electoral Act 2022, which introduced key changes to Nigeria's electoral system, one wonders if these reforms have truly addressed the systemic issues that have plagued elections in the past.
Why have elections in Nigeria continued to be marred by violence and fraud?
Here, we discuss the way forward.
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| Autor | Njideka Maduka |
| Organización | NJ |
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