Introduction On Saturday, July 16, 2022, Yiaga Africa Watching The Vote (WTV) deployed 500 carefully trained stationary observers and 32 mobile observers to all the 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Osun State to observe the accreditation and voting process as well as present its assessment on the general conduct of the election and credibility...

Introduction Yiaga Africa Watching The Vote (WTV) started its Pre-Election observation (PREO) in April 2022. Three reports on the state of preparedness, political campaigns, and security threats in the 2022 Osun governorship elections have been released since the commencement of the PREO. Yiaga Africa notes that the July 16 Governorship election provides an opportunity for...

Its barely 4 days to the Osun Governorship election and preparation by stakeholders is approaching its climax. In a last-ditch effort to mobilize citizens participation for the July 16 polls, foremost Civil Society Organisation and election observer group, Yiaga Africa conducted a voter education outreach to markets in Osogbo and Ede Local Government of Osun...

On June 28, 2021, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commenced the online registration of Nigerians who turned 18 (fresh registrations) or had never registered since the 2019 General Elections as well as Nigerians seeking to transfer their registrations, apply for replacement for defaced or lost PVCs and information updates on the register. On June,...

The Desperation of Contending Political Parties could threaten the Integrity of the 2022 Osun Governorship Elections Introduction In the weeks leading to the 16 July 2022 governorship election in Osun state, the major political parties have intensified their campaigns deploying both legal and illegal antics in an attempt to win the race to the Government...

Yiaga Africa’s Watching The Vote Third Osun Pre-Election Observation (PREO) Report The July 16th Osun State Governorship election is coming on the heels of the just-concluded Ekiti governorship election, which poll watchers and other election stakeholders have judged as an improvement from the November 2021 Anambra governorship election and the February 2022  FCT local council...

Fresh from the election observation deployment in Ekiti state, our elections team and cohort of Master trainers are meeting to review strategies ahead of the July 16th, Governorship election in Osun State. Yiaga Africa through its WTV project had deployed its cohort of 41 Master Trainers across LGAs to train 541 citizen observers who observed...

As part of effort to enhance electoral integrity and promote democracies across the world, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in partnership with Yiaga Africa during the week hosted representatives of fifteen (15) countries at the Global Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) Academy to enhance the integrity of election day process through citizen observation. The academy which...

Introduction For the Saturday, June 18 governorship election in Ekiti state, Yiaga Africa employed the Parallel Votes Tabulation (PVT) methodology and deployed 500 observers in pairs to a representative random sample of 250 polling units, 25 mobile observers in all 16 local government areas (LGAs) and 16 LGA results collation observers. This deployment strategy enabled...

Introduction On Saturday, June 18, 2022, Yiaga Africa Watching The Vote (WTV) deployed 500 carefully trained stationary observers and 25 mobile observers to all the 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Ekiti State. To observe the accreditation and voting process as well as to share reports on the general conduct of the election at the...