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...

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...