As South Africans vote in the historic National and Provincial elections on May 29, 2024, Yiaga Africa has deployed an election study mission to observe the process, following accreditation by the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC). This mission is part of the Yiaga Africa Transforming Electoral Governance in Africa (TEGA) initiative. TEGA aims to...
As part of its efforts to improve the quality of local government elections in Nigeria, Yiaga Africa convened a roundtable meeting with election stakeholders in Kaduna State to explore how to improve local government elections in the state. The roundtable meeting is the third such meeting that has been held under its CSO-Led Advocacy and...
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On 15th May, a bill to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make Nigeria’s electoral process freer, fairer, more transparent and inclusive passed first reading at the Senate. The bill, which is sponsored by Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’adua (Katsina Central), aims to allow early voting in Nigerian elections, which would make it possible for registered...
Yiaga Africa has concluded the 2024 cohort of the West Africa Regional Community Organizing Institute (COI), a three-day transformative training from May 17th to 19th that was aimed at enhancing the capacity of young civic activists, advocacy campaigners, and organizers to implement more effective advocacy campaigns while scaling up their potential to make an even...
Three weeks ago, the My Nigeria – Our Nigeria debate competition officially kicked off with zonal rounds in six cities of the country and 24 university teams participating to select those who would participate in the national finals. The debate competition, which is organised by Yiaga Africa in partnership with the National Universities Commission (NUC)...
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...
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...
