Tag: YIAGA Africa
Anambra election: Yiaga Africa vows to expose manipulated results
Yiaga Africa is deploying its ‘Watching the Vote’ project as part of the broader observation hub, supported by the European…
“It’s draconian,” Yiaga Africa rejects compulsory voting bill
Yiaga Africa said this while rejecting the bill which prescribes six months jail term for any eligible voters who refuses…
31 new states excessive -Yiaga Africa
“The addition of 31 new states may end up not satisfying the desire for parity, but create more challenges that…
Yiaga Africa speaks on Ondo governorship election result
Chairman of Yiaga Africa Mission, Ezenwa Nwagwu, who spoke at a press briefing in Akure, said the official results released…
Ondo election, test of democratic process – Yiaga Africa
The election monitoring non governmental organisation stated this in its pre-election observation report.
Why we believe Edo election results were manipulated – Yiaga Africa
He said the outcome of the election was assessed based on three principles: resilience, integrity, and impartiality tests.
Yiaga Africa harps on democratic principles for grassroots development
“This can help to provide input through surveys, public hearings or contacting your local representatives directly,” he said.
#EdoDecides: Yiaga Africa calls for arrest, prosecution of electoral officers
"To this end, the National Assembly should expeditiously amend the Electoral Act to make electronic transmission of results mandatory."
Edo governorship election failed integrity test, says observer group
The organisation said its findings showed that votes were altered in some places at the level of collation. The organisation…
APC, PDP guilty of bribing voters in Edo
She said vote buying disrupted ths voting process in some areas.
We have capacity to detect fraudulent election results in Edo – Yiaga Africa
"Voters should also resist attempts at vote-buying, intimidation and manipulation before, during and after the election," Abdullahi advised.
Edo election: Eight violence-prone LGAs identified
This is coming as the state prepares for the governorship election on Saturday.
Edo governorship: Yiaga Africa expresses worry over rising tension
The Director of Programs of Yiaga Africa, Cynthia Mbamalu, disclosed this on Friday in Benin while presenting the its pre-election…
Yiaga Africa seeks establishment of Electoral Offences Commission
Yiaga Africa has called on the National Assembly to accelerate the process of electoral reform, especially the establishment of the…
Yiaga Africa exposes how politicians induced voters
Yiaga Africa WTV Data Center received 54 verified critical incident reports, primarily concerning the intimidation and harassment of voters, disruption…
Despite glitches, YIAGA Africa scores BVAS over 80%
Yiaga Africa’s Watching The Vote in its preliminary findings released in Abuja on Sunday, said it observed that BVAS was…
TASCK uses Influence of Creatives to drive YIAGA’s #SixtyPercentofUs Initiative
TASCK hopes to accomplish the initiative's objective of obtaining 60% of eligible young voters to obtain their Permanent Voters Cards…
Electoral Act 2022 will revolutionise conduct of elections in Nigeria – Yiaga Africa
"For Yiaga Africa, the criticality of the 2023 elections requires a comprehensive and independent observation of the electoral process from…
INEC Osun election result consistently correct: Yiaga Africa
Addressing a news conference on Sunday in Osogbo, the group’s Board Chairman, Dr Hussain Abdu, said had the official results…
Osun election: YIAGA Africa exposes how APC, PDP agents bought votes
Yiaga Africa WTV observed the early arrival of polling officials and materials at polling units across Osun state for the…
#OsunDecides: Yiaga Africa vows to expose INEC
Yiaga Africa’s data said its data centre in Osun will receive 4,500 text messages containing approximately 54,500 individual pieces of…
#OsunDecides: Yiaga Africa raises alarm over imbalance distribution of voters to polling unit
The PVT is an advanced election observation methodology that employs well-established statistical principles and sophisticated information technologies in providing timely…
Osun election: Yiaga Africa exposes ‘antics’ of political parties
Yiaga Africa also raised concern over he escalation activities of political thugs and cultists in Osunn State, noting that it…
No poll fraud in Ekiti: INEC results correct, says Yiaga Africa
Nwagwu said that Yiaga Africa deployed 500 observers in pairs to a representative random sample of 250 polling units and…
#EkitiDecides: Yiaga Africa express worry over safety, deployment of sensitive materials
The Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo and Ezenwa Nwagwu (Board Member), expressed these sentiments at a pre-election briefing…
Ekiti governorship poll: INEC registers 988,923 voters
Beyond the deployment of BVAS, the Ekiti election will also serve as a test to assess INECs capacity to manage…
Ekiti governorship: INEC registers 988,923 voters
Of the figure, a total of 720,724 people have collected their permanent voters cards, as of 18 May, 2022.
#AnambraDecides: Yiaga Africa endorses INEC’s results
Yiaga Africa, through the Watching The Vote citizens movement, deployed the Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) methodology to verify the official…
#AnambraDecides: YIAGA Africa says many voters disenfranchised
The group said it based its report on verified information received from 229 of 248 sampled polling units using the…
#AnambraDecides: Yiaga Africa worries over low turnout, voters’ safety
Yiaga Africa commended efforts by INEC to improve voter access to polling units by creating additional 1,112 polling units in…