Call for Application: Program Officer Available Slot: 2 Location: Abuja, Nigeria Application Deadline: May 9, 2024 Type of Contract: Full-time Department: Programs Post Level: Support Languages Required: English Duration of Initial Contract: Short Term (7 Months) Yiaga Africa Initiative seeks the services of a Program Officer to support the implementation of its election observation...
COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AFTER THE ADVOCACY ROUNDTABLE ON LEGISLATIVE REFORM FOR IMPROVED LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS IN LAGOS STATE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2024 AT WATERCRESS HOTEL, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE. COMMUNIQUÉ Preamble Yiaga Africa, in partnership with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the...
On Monday, Yiaga Africa convened electoral stakeholders in Nigeria to a reflection roundtable meeting to review the nation’s electoral process one year after the conclusion of the 2023 general elections. The roundtable meeting, which was timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the general elections that has produced a new federal government, 18 new...
Welcome Remarks at the Reflection Roundtable on One Year after the 2023 General Election, Held in Abuja, on 29th April, 2024. By Cynthia Mbamalu, Director of Programs, Yiaga Africa. Protocol. It has been 1 year, 2 months and 3 days since the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections and Nigerians can finally say that the...
Communiqué Issued after the Advocacy Roundtable on Legislative Reform for Improved Local Government Elections in Akwa Ibom State by the Akwa Ibom State Civil Society Forum Held on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. COMMUNIQUÉ Preamble Yiaga Africa, in partnership with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), supported by the United...
*By Ana’ayi Jennifer Danbagai Democracy in the African continent has suffered major setbacks over the last few decades. The coup trends across Sahel West Africa; Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Niger in the last four years have not only destabilized local democracies but also burdened regional blocs with protecting democratic integrity across the continent. With...
Monday, 29th April 2024 For Immediate Release Yiaga Africa is proud to announce the publication of its latest report, “Electoral Trust Restored? Nigeria’s Electoral Process One Year after the 2023 General Election,” a comprehensive analysis of the state of the electoral process following the last general elections. The report is a culmination of one year...
In line with its efforts to improve the quality of local government elections in Nigeria, Yiaga Africa has organised roundtable meetings on improving local government elections in Akwa Ibom and Lagos States. The roundtable meetings are a part of its project launched earlier in April aimed at increasing public confidence in subnational elections by promoting...
As part of its efforts to entrench a culture of engagements between citizens and their representatives, Yiaga Africa in a town hall meeting on Saturday urged lawmakers to regularly organize gatherings that facilitate feedback from constituents. as a catalyst for responsive and inclusive governance. The meeting organized by Honorable Jeremiah Umaru, legislative member representing Akwanga/Nasarawa/Wamba...
In Nigeria’s federal system, the local government is designed to be the tier of government that operates closest to the grassroots, and make it easy for citizens to participate in governance to shape good governance at that level. By virtue of the Constitution of Nigeria, elections into local government councils are under the purview of...
