On Thursday, Yiaga Africa convened a roundtable discussion of election stakeholders to reflect on the quality of local government elections in Nigeria, explore the challenges with the elections and proffer ways to improve their credibility. The roundtable comes on the heels of a spate of local government elections as a result of July 2024 Supreme...

Protocol Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, Election Stakeholders, and Fellow Nigerians. Introduction It is my honor to welcome you all to this significant occasion—the public presentation of the Citizens Memorandum for Electoral Reforms. Today, we stand at a crucial juncture in our country’s democratic journey, a moment when we must collectively reassess and reimagine...

Excerpts from a Paper presented at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 2024 Annual General Conference, Lagos, 27th August 2024 Since the advent of Nigeria’s 25-year democracy, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Assembly have reformed election laws and regulations before and after every general election. These amendments are designed to address the...