Development Partners and Nigerias Electoral Process

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Nigeria position as a regional hegemon and elections assuming a war-like as well as zero-sum dimension among politicians in Nigeria have motivated development partners support for Nigerias electoral process aimed at addressing some structural issues that act as setback to Independent National Electoral Commissions performance in the conduct of credible elections; discrimination against women in Nigerian politics; absence of capacity development for CSOs at the state and local government level and the increasing trend of personality-based politics in Nigerian media especially during elections.The DGD has improved INECs institutional capacity; strategic planning and operational competency; staff professional development; voter registration; strategic engagement with electoral stakeholders to promote political party reform;legal reform involving the legislature; civic education; election monitoring and observation; and gender mainstreaming in the electoral process; the democratic functioning of political parties, professionalizing their administration, strengthening inter-party dialogue and enabling political parties to effectively engage with the electoral and democratic process.

Autorenportrait

Zekeri Momoh holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree in Political Science (Second Class Honours, Upper Division) from the University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria and a Master of Science (M.Sc.) Degree in Political Science from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin-Nigeria. He Specializes in International Political Economy and has over twenty publications.

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