YIAGA
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YIAGA Observers Deployed to Katsina, Bauchi, Kwara
Bye-Elections
On Saturday, 17th November, 2018, the Independent National
Electoral Commission will conduct bye elections in Katsina State
for Kankia/Kusada/Ingawa Federal Constituency, Toro Federal
Constituency of Bauchi State, Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-Ero Federal
Constituency of Kwara State and Ikom II State Constituency of
Cross-River State. This is the last set of elections to be
conducted by INEC before the 2019 general elections and will be a
litmus test to assess the level of preparedness of the commission
to conduct the elections.
As the largest citizen movement committed to credible elections
in Nigeria and AFRICA, YIAGA AFRICA through its Watching The Vote
Project has concluded plans to deploy 14 citizen observers to the
Bye elections to Federal Constituency in Katsina, Bauchi and Kwara
State. Citizen observers will be armed with Election Day
observation checklist to observe deployment of INEC officials and
materials to Polling Units, Commencement of Accreditation and
voting, sorting and counting.
Having built a structure of 822 Long Term Observers across 36
states and 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria, YIAGA AFRICA’s
WTV will be leveraging on observers located in the states where the
elections are being held. Two (2) members of the WTV board have
also deployed to Bauchi and Kwara states for oversight and to
engage with the media and election stakeholders in the stats. All
WTV accredited observer will be visiting a minimum of five Polling
Units (PUs) within their LGAs and are expected to spend at least
two hours at each PU.
In a bid to follow the process till the end, WTV observers will
proceed to various LGA Collation Centre to observe the result
collation. Watching The Vote Citizen Observers will be sending real
time information on the entire Election Day process including any
critical incident which may hinder the credibility of the process
to a data center that is hosted in Abuja.
YIAGA Africa is a non-governmental organization promoting
democracy, constitutionalism and youth participation in Africa.
YIAGA Africa achieves its goal through research, capacity
development and policy advocacy. YIAGA Africa has been involved in
election observation since 2007 and it is one of the leading
organizations working on elections in Nigeria.
Signed
Samson Itodo
Executive Director
Moshood Isah
Media Officer | YIAGA AFRICA