STATEMENT OF THE NIGERIA CIVIL SOCIETY SITUATION ROOM ON THE EKITI STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION

NIGERIA CIVIL SOCIETY SITUATION ROOM

(A Platform of CSOs working on Election Issues)

STATEMENT OF THE NIGERIA CIVIL SOCIETY SITUATION ROOM ON THE EKITI STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room) has deployed observers across the 16 Local Government Areas of Ekiti State for the Governorship elections holding on Saturday 21st June 2014.

The Situation Room is an election observatory comprising more than 60 civil society organisations working on election issues, has outlined a process of observing the Ekiti elections that includes identifying and reporting key issues of concern in every deployment made.

The issues include:

  • The preparations, elections deployment and conduct of officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
  • The conduct of the security services involved in the elections, including the police, armed forces, state security personnel or other auxillary security forces.
  • The activities and conduct of political parties, their agents and supporters.
  • The conduct of voters.
  • Politically generated violence

Situation Room notes the assurances by INEC that adequate preparations have been made to conduct its best elections to date and will be holding INEC to that promise. Situation Room will be meeting with election officials and observing how officials carry out their tasks. In addition, focus will be on how INEC distributes materials for the elections, accredits observers and collates results from the elections.

Situation Room will also be examining the conduct of law enforcement officials, including the way the security forces interface with the electorate. A key concern for Situation Room will be whether the activities of security officials lead to possible intimidation of voters.

We therefore urge the security forces to conduct themselves in a professional manner that will further give confidence and credibility to the electoral process.

We also urge the people of Ekiti State to come out enmasse to exercise their democratic franchise.

We also urge INEC to keep with its promise of delivering free, fair and credible elections. To this end we call on INEC to provide further details on the number of permanent voters card that has been issued to date.

This statement is issued by the underlisted partner organisations of the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room:

1). Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, Abuja

2) WANGONET, Lagos

3). Partners for Electoral Reform, Abuja

4.) Proactive Gender Initiative, Abuja

5.) Spaces for Change, Lagos

6.) Enough is Enough Nigeria, Lagos

7.) Development Dynamics, Owerri

8.) Election Monitor, Akure

9.) CCIDESOR, Owerri

10).COHDAT, Owerri

11.) CDD, Abuja

12.) CRP, Abuja

13.) Nigerian Women Trust Fund, Abuja

14.) Reclaim Naija/Community Life Project, Lagos

15.) IHRHL, Port-Harcourt

16.) Stakeholders Democracy Network, Port-Harcourt

17.) Human Rights Monitor, Kaduna

18.) NEGYII, Kaduna

19.) CLEEN Foundation, Abuja

20.) CITAD, Kano

21.) CISLAC, Abuja

22.) NIGERIA FOR CHANGE, Abuja

23.) INTODEM, Makurdi

24.) ACEEDEC, Abuja

25.) Action Aid Nigeria, Abuja

26.) CCIDESOR, Owerri

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