Tag: YIAGA Africa

Yiaga Africa, others urge INEC to issue notice for 2027 election

Aminu Imam
Yiaga Africa

Civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue the election timetable and schedule for the 2027 election in accordance with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 without further delay. The organisation also urged the 10th National Assembly to harmonise the Bill seeking to amend the 2022 Electoral Act and transmit it to the President for assent within two weeks. The organisations argued that the delay in concluding work on the Bill introduces uncertainty that may compromise preparation for the 2027 general election.…

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‘Edo governorship election results manipulated’ – Yiaga Africa

Aminu Imam
Yiaga Africa

One of the leading civil society organisations accredited to observe Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election in Edo State, Yiaga Africa, has declared that the election failed integrity test, as there was widespread manipulation of results. This is contained in the post-election statement of the organisation on the governorship election, co-signed by Dr. Aisha Abdullahi, Chair of the 2024 Edo Election Mission, and Samson Itodo, Executive Director, Yiaga Africa. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on Sunday declared Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of…

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YIAGA Africa engages political stakeholders, advocates electoral reform

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Civil Society Organisation Yiaga Africa, has called on Kaduna state Government, political parties, agencies and various stakeholders on legislative reforms for improved local government election in Nigeria, to inspire public confidence in the electoral processes. Director of programs, Yiaga Africa, Cynthia Mbamalu, said this in Kaduna during an advocacy roundtable discussion ahead of local government elections in the state. She said it was pertinent that the government build citizens’ confidence by articulating electoral reform to allow local government autonomy since it was already in the Constitution. Mbamalu added that all issues…

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Adamawa: CDD, Yiaga Africa demands action against REC, other

Aminu Imam

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and the Yiaga Africa have condemned  yesterday morning’s declaration of Senator A’ishatu Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, as winner of the Adamawa State governorship election. This is contained in separate statements on the verified twitter handles of the two organisations. The Resident Electoral Commission (REC) for Adamawa State, Prof. Yusuf Hudu Ari, had declared Binani as winner of the election under controversial circumstances. This is as the State’s Collation Officer, Prof. Mohammed Mele, whose responsibility is to announce the results and declare winner was…

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NigeriaDecides2023: YIAGA highlights 6 factors that may affect presidential election

Aminu Imam

A prominent civic group, YIAGA Africa, has identified six factors that could impact the conduct of Saturday’s elections. The prominent civic group, in an issued statement on Thursday, signed by its Executive Director, Samson Itodo, said the factors include PVC collection challenges, relocation of voters to new polling units and economic hardship. It further said that the latest report was based on its observations across Nigeria in the last week before the election. A summary of the highlights of the findings from that observation includes INEC Preparedness for the election;…

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Insecurity, Executive impunity may mar 2023 polls – Yiaga Africa

Aminu Imam

A Civil Society Organisation, Yiaga Africa, has said that the high rate of insecurity and executive impunity, especially by State governors, may impact on the conduct and outcome of the 2023 general election. Yiaga, in its pre-election observation report, signed by Sam Itodo, its executive secretary, and made available to the media over the weekend in Osogbo, said that the report was conducted through its ‘Watching The Vote’ project. It said 822 long-term observers were deployed across the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) to observe the pre-election environment and report…

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CSOs commend Senate’s reconsideration of Electronic Transmission of Election Results clause

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations have commended the Nigerian Senate for reconsidering its earlier decision to subject the Independent  National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) powers to transmit election results electronically to the judgement of the Nigerian Communication  Commission (NCC) and approval by the National Assembly. The  revised  Clause 52 passed by the Senate now empowers the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to determine the mode of voting and transmission of election results without recourse to any external consideration. The Senate also reviewed its position on Clause 42 by empowering INEC to…

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Ondo 2020: Massive vote-buying, breach of COVID-19 protocol characterizes election, say CDD, YIAGA Africa

Ishaku Yohanna

Two Civil Society Organisations, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and YIAGA Africa, have said the Ondo State governorship election was marred with vote-buying and inadequate compliance with COVID-19 protocol. In its preliminary statement on the conduct of the election, the CDD noted that there was a consistent pattern of vote-buying, where those engaged in the act adopted tactics to induce voters, while evading the watch of security officials and election observers. “CDD observers documented attempts by political actors to outspend one another by making available large sums disbursed to…

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