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YIAGA urges NASS to accelerate passage of electoral amendment bill

Election observer group, YIAGA Africa has urged the National Assembly to accelerate passage of electoral amendment bill legalising the deployment of technology for accreditation, voting and transmission of election results. Director Programmes, Ms Cynthia Mbamalu gave the advice on Friday in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka, Anambra state. She said the step would further support…

Anambra 2021: YIAGA dismisses violence threats to guber poll

YIAGA Africa, an election monitoring group, said insecurity by secessionist groups might not constitute threats to the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. A Board member of the group, Ezenwa Nwagwu who stated this in a media parley, rather identified voter apathy and docility of political parties as major challenges to the guber poll. He said despite security threats that had…

CVR: Fix internet connection to increase speed – YIAGA tells INEC

*says Anambra leading with 8,624 YIAGA Africa, a Civil Society Organisation has expressed worry over slow pace of the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) at various centers in Anambra State. It attributed the ugly development to internet connectivity, urging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to fix the challenges. In a statement from the program officer, YIAGA…

CVR: YIAGA expresses worry over insecurity, apathy ahead Anambra guber poll

Election Observer group, Yiaga Africa has expressed worry over prevailing insecurity challenges trailing the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Anambra State. It also raised concerns over poor deployment of security personnel at the registration centres in the state, as well as abysmal low participation of political parties in the process, particularly at the first two weeks…

CHRICED, YIAGA, others flay CBN’s clampdown on protesters’ accounts

FCT inaugurates compensation committee

The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has condemned the state-sanctioned attacks aimed at silencing critical citizens’ voices, especially in the wake of the EndSARS protests.

The Executive Director, Dr. Ibrahim Zikirullahi, yesterday described the development as an attempt by the government to further muzzle voices demanding an…

Edo poll: Yiaga deployed 543 observers to all 18 local govt of Edo State, said, we are fully ready

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With six days left for the Edo governorship election, an election observer, Yiaga Africa, Sunday, expressed readiness by building the capacity of 543 observers that would be deployed to all 18 Local Government Areas of Edo State.

This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Executive Director, Yiaga Africa, Samson Itodo, which explained that the training tagged; Election…

YIAGA identifies 13 LGs in Edo as trouble spots, urges peaceful polls

Ahead of the September 19, 2020 Edo State governorship election, Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) Africa has identified 13 of the 18 councils in the state as potential hotspots of violence.

YIAGA board member, Ezenwa Nwagwu, while presenting its first Pre-Election Observation (PREO) report, listed Etsako West, Etsako East, Etsako Central, Owan West and Akoko-Edo in…

Edo 2020: Yiaga Africa To Deploy 500 Observers

Edo 2020: Yiaga Africa To Deploy 500 Observers

Edo 2020: Yiaga Africa To Deploy 500 Observers

Yiaga Africa, a civil society organisation, on Sunday, said it had concluded plans to deploy 500 election observers to 250 polling units in the upcoming governorship election in Edo.

The Executive Director of the organisation, Samson Itodo, said during a virtual meeting held with journalists in…