Forget essay deadlines and job applications. Jega at LSE comes first #priorities #LSENigeria
Theatre filling up nicely ahead of Prof Attahiru Jega's talk at #LSENigeria about Giving Democracy a Chance in Nigeria's 2015 #elections
#LSENigeria Giving democracy a chance pic.twitter.com/XPa0L5mQHq
Professor Attahiru Jega, Former Chairman of Nigeria's INEC, speaking on Nigeria's Gen Elections. #LSENigeria #LSE pic.twitter.com/4BqUElcqDk
Prof Attahiru Jega presided over peaceful transition of power from ruling party to opposition winner... #LSENigeria- #LSENigeria Prof Jega: will talk about lessons drawn for other African nations from Nigeria's 2015 elections
- One of Nigeri'a major challenges has been in the conduct of its elections the elite's do or die politics had plagued the country #LSENigeria
The 2015 elections heralded the first democratic change of power from one political party to another #LSENigeria
Good crowd here for tonight's #LSENigeria Africa Talks lecture with Attahiru Jega 'Nigeria's 2015 General Elections' pic.twitter.com/xL46fUUEPI
Jega claims 2011 elections were credible, post election crisis was a backlash on credible election #LSENigeria
"Many negative prognoses did not come true, but we knew the elections of 2015 would be an NB litmus test for democracy." - Jega #LSENigeria- In 2015, it was the 1st time that a commission had conducted 2 consecutive elections in Nigeria @AfricaAtLSE @LSE_ID #LSENigeria
New gender policy to empower women was among the improvements implemented by INEC ahead of 2015 Nigerian General Election. #LSENigeria- "We were able to remove about 4 million "ghost voters" off the (electoral) register that were duplicates." - Prof Jega. #LSENigeria
- "Permanent Voter's Card has a contactless chip. We used smart card readers to read this data and conduct vote." - Prof Jega. #LSENigeria
Jega says the card readers were "contactless" and that only 0.28% of the 150k card readers deployed nationwide failed. #LSENigeria- Security agencies had to play a credible but controlled role in the electoral process for a succesful election #LSENigeria
- Daunting challenges from the 2015 elections: Apathetic and sceptical citizenry - Jega #LSENigeria
- Apathetic and skeptical citizenry; do-or-die mindset of politicians among challenges in Nigeria elections #LSENigeria
Biggest challenge in elections is the 'do-or-die' mindset of politicians #LSENigeria
Persistent challenges threatening future electoral reform @AttahiruJega_ #lsenigeria pic.twitter.com/tucCoubZLn- Conducting elections without adequate electricity was challenging #LSENigeria
- "Experience sharing with other electoral bodies is a critical part of the learning process" #Jega #LSENigeria
- Electoral commissions have to gain trust of stakeholders. Relationships leading up to election are very important. #LSENigeria
Nigeria's 2015 General Elections: giving democracy a chance
Africa Talks public lecture by Professor Attahiru Jega on Tuesday 10 November 2015
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