Introduction On Saturday 6, November 2021, Yiaga Africa Watching the Vote (WTV) deployed 500 carefully trained stationary observers and 27 mobile observers to polling units across the 21 Local Government Areas of Anambra state. The observers were deployed to observe the election day process from the set-up of polling units to the counting and posting...
On November 6, 2021, the people of Anambra State will go to the polls to elect a governor in what promises to be a very competitive election. The Anambra governorship election will be the first state-wide elections to be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) since the expansion of voter access to polling...
8 Days to the Anambra Election: Security concerns remain while INEC & Election Stakeholders Intensify Election Preparatory Activities and Voter Education Yiaga Africa’s pre-election observation efforts in the fourth reporting period focused on three (3) emerging trends that are likely to impact the conduct of the election. These include election preparatory activities by stakeholders, election...
Anambra State, Commissioner of Police, Echeng Eworo Echeng earlier today hosted a leading Civil Society Organisation (CSO) on election observation, Yiaga Africa in Awka as he Vowed to protect all election stakeholders ahead of the polls. The Governorship election is scheduled to hold on 6th November 2021 amidst security concern. While admitting the peculiarity of...
Yiaga Africa Watching The Vote Pre-Election Observation (PREO) Report Three With the November 6th, 2021 Anambra governorship election fast approaching, the incessant insecurity issues bedevilling the state continues to pose serious concerns with respect to the conduct of the election. The insecurity in the state may be related to the activities of the secessionist agitators,...
In its efforts to improve the quality and integrity of the voter’s register and to give the public the opportunity to make claims and/or objections, INEC displayed the temporary register of voters across all the 326 wards in Anambra from Tuesday, September 7th to Saturday, September 11th. The commission also organized training for its Election...
Ahead of the November 6th Governorship elections, Yiaga Africa has reiterated the role of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to improve citizens’ participation and bridge the gap between citizens and government. This was revealed during the Parallel Vote Tabulation Academy (PVT) held in Awka, Anambra state to educate CSO leaders on data-driven election observation methodology. Speaking...
On September 11th, 2021, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted a Bye-election for Isoko South 1 State Constituency of Delta State to fill a seat in the Delta State House of Assembly. The election beyond providing voters with the opportunity to choose their representative in the House of Assembly was also an opportunity for...
Yiaga Africa commends the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for its consistent effort to improve the quality and transparency of elections particularly in the deployment of technology in the electoral process. INEC had in its quarterly Consultative meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSO’S) shared its plan to deploy the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for...
With the continuous voter registration (CVR) still ongoing at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Local Government area centres’, Yiaga Africa’s Watching the Vote (WTV) trained observers continued to observe the process in 151 INEC registration centres across the six geo-political zones. This report includes the findings from the observer reports for the period of...
