In a significant development, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has announced its forthcoming expert validation meeting, poised to shed light on their comprehensive research regarding the 2023 General Elections in Nigeria. The event will also present an insightful overview of the current electoral landscape in the country.
Renowned and independent researchers, Professor Adele Jinadu and Dr. Hussaini Abdu, are at the helm of this ambitious research initiative. The primary objective is to meticulously examine various facets surrounding Nigerian elections, including their legitimacy, credibility, and overall conduct.
Additionally, the study delves into crucial aspects such as associated costs, the integration of technology to ensure transparent elections, political party dynamics, and the aftermath of the 2023 election.
This in-depth research is meticulously organized into nine distinct components, which include, the historical overview of competitive party and electoral politics in Nigeria since 1919, Comparison of the 2023 election with previous elections, Electoral commissions and election management, Electoral technology and cost of elections.
It also includes, Party system, parties and landscape of electoral politics; security, politics, electoral corruption and violence; Electoral reforms and legal frameworks for conduct of elections; Voters’ registration and education and Election campaigns, election observation and conduct of elections.
Comments and observation to the findings with a view to validating the outcome of the findings before it is presented to the larger stakeholders and public is of extreme importance to the findings.