Yiaga Africa’s Director of Programs, Cynthia Mbamalu hails the role of citizen observers as vanguards of Nigeria’s electoral democracy.Ahead of the 2023 General elections, Yiaga Africa through its Watching The Vote (WTV) project has reactivated its National election observation structure consisting of 48 State Focal Persons, 42 Master Trainers and 774 Local Government Supervisors across Nigeria in preparation to provide a comprehensive oversight on the electoral process.Senior Program Officer, Anthonia Onda facilitating a session on WatchingTheVote election observation methodology for the 2023 elections.Program Officer, Gabriel Guttap Prince speaking on Observation of the Pre-election environment and violence monitoring.Program Officer, Opeyemi Haruna facilitates a session at the Training of Trainers.Zonal Program Officer, Shama Balami facilitates a session on Election and Election Observation.Zonal Program Officer, Isaiah Amonye facilitates a session at the Training of Trainers.
Elections Manager, Paul James facilitating a session on Parallel Vote Tabulation methodology. Media Officer, Moshood Isah, discussing a session on strategic communications and stakeholders engagement.Trainers and State Focal Points taking the WTV pledge of neutrality.
#WatchingTheVote is a citizen led election observation initiative aimed at enhancing the integrity of elections in Nigeria using technological tools like sms and evidence-based research methodology tools for election observation.
