•Former INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, has said that the outgoing Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has left behind a weak electoral commission despite introducing significant reforms during his ten years in office. Yakubu is leaving offic...
Election observer group Yiaga Africa has said that Nigeria must move beyond holding “relatively peaceful” elections to processes that inspire trust and confidence in the electoral system. Speaking on Channels Television today, its Programme Director Cynthia Mbamalu, explained that the by-elections were generally peaceful except for some consti...
•Samson Itodo The Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, says there is a need to introduce a law that will make sure that electoral disputes are concluded before swearing-in. Itodo stated this during an interview on Channels TV last night. He said the darkest side of elections in 2024 was vote buying, which characterised […]...
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Yiaga Africa, has alleged political parties and candidates in Ondo State have resorted to inducing voters with cash gifts and food items to secure their support ahead of next week’s governorship election. It said its Long Term Observers observed cases of voter inducement during campaign activities in Akur...
•APC national publicity eecretary, Felix Morka The All Progressives Congress has cautioned Yiaga Africa, a civil society organisation, against undermining the Independent National Electoral Commission by questioning the results of the recently concluded Edo State gubernatorial election. In a press statement issued by the party’s National Publi...
•Vote casting Civil Society group, Yiaga Africa has condemned the results of the Edo State governorship poll conducted on Saturday, saying that it failed the integrity test. A statement released today and signed by its Chair of the 2024 Edo Election Mission, Dr. Aisha Abdullahi, and its Executive Director, Samson Itodo argued that the 2024 [&h...
•Samson Itodo The Executive Director of YIAGA Africa, Samson Itodo, has kicked against the confirmation of seven out of 10 newly appointed Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the Nigerian Senate. Yesterday, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio announced confirmation of the nomina...
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