DOCSLIB.ORG

241 Exposure to Social Media Political Campaigns and Their Influence On

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
241 Exposure to Social Media Political Campaigns and Their Influence On SAU Journal of Management and Social Sciences www.sau.edu.ng/colmassjournal (ISSN: 2550-7302) Volume 4, Number1 & 2 June/December2019 Exposure to Social Media Political Campaigns and their Influence on the Choice of Candidates during the 2019 Governorship Election in Imo State, Nigeria Chike Walter Duru, PhD Department of Mass Communication Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State, Nigeria [email protected]; +2348036711220 Abstract The study was carried out to determine the influence of political advertising via social media on the voting behaviour of electorates in Imo State during the 2019 Governorship election. The study adopted the survey method, with the questionnaire as research instrument. A sample size of 400 was adopted. Findings revealed that the electorates in Imo State were exposed to political advertising and that the new media were not the most effective channels for political advertising in the 2019 general elections in Imo State. New media political campaigns did not influence the electoral behaviour and voting pattern of Imo electorates in the 2019 governorship election. It was, therefore, recommended that political advertising on new media reflects the basic needs of the people so as to draw public attention and motivate them to make favourable voting decisions. Keywords: Exposure, Social Media, Political Advertising, 2019 Elections Introduction Political advertising deals with political messages aimed at promoting a candidate, political party, or interest. Political advertising describes messages which contents are political and presented to influence voters’ behaviour through its perceived persuasive impact. Political advertising targets the audience, with a view to persuading them to support their candidate(s) through the articulate display of manifesto. The message is to motivate the electorates and encourage them to make meaningful electoral decisions. Owuamalam (2015) posited that the message moves a considerable number of voters, who relate the proposal to their respective needs satisfaction within the political constituency. Owuamalam (2005) also opined that it serves as a major plank for attracting voters’ attention, arousing voting disposition and facilitating favourable patronage at the specific election. Political advertising provides information which voters need to assess candidates’ capability in satisfying their needs. The channels for reaching the audience appear to have changed due to the fact that the new media of communication have taken the centre stage of social interaction. It is through this interaction that political information is exchanged with the electorates. The social media or the new media have been useful in political advertising. The emergence of social media in political advertising came during Barrack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign (Carr, 2008, p. 201): Like a vote of web innovators, the Obama campaign did not invent anything completely new. Instead, by bottling together social networking 241 SAU Journal of Management and Social Sciences www.sau.edu.ng/colmassjournal (ISSN: 2550-7302) Volume 4, Number1 & 2 June/December2019 application under the banner of a movement, they created unforeseen forces to raise money, organise locally, fight smear campaigns and get out the vote that helped them topple the Clinton Machine and then John Mc Cain and the Republicans. Obama’s success can be attributed to an array of new incredibly speedy and cheap internet tools-e-mail, social networks, Twitter and the like (and enable him) to run a grassroots campaign that contacted individual voters in personated encounters on a near daily basis. The new changes in political communication in the era of new media have brought about the engaging of the electorates from the physical campaign ground to their smart phone at the comfort of their closet. The need for political advertising is to win the mind of the electorates in voting for a particular candidate in a general election. Olalekan (2003, p. 9) avers that: Persuasive communication at this stage is mainly focused on the public opinion leaders, social critics and various pressure groups from the top to the grassroots. The aim is to carry the favour of these influential elements in the society to support the party’s programme, ideological preferences and manifesto.’’ The new media are very crucial sets of communication systems that share certain features, made possible by digitalisation. They are widely available for personal use. Asemah and Edegoh (2012) described new media as digital, having characteristics of being manipulated, networkable, dense, compressible and interactive. The study, therefore, seeks to determine the influence of political advertising via social media on the voting behaviour of electorates in Imo State during the 2019 Governorship elections. Statement of the problem The power of the new media, particularly, in the area of timely dissemination of information cannot be overemphasised. It is a trend that has gained global acceptance and is now indispensible in every serious communication activity. During the 2019 governorship election in Imo state, as other parts of Nigeria, political parties, no doubt, made use of political advertising to sell their parties and candidates. However, there are doubts, if the introduction of new media in election campaigns was very effective in influencing the political behaviour of the electorates. Imo state appears to be one of the places where such doubts are manifest, as the impact of social media on the voting behaviour of the electorates may have been minimal. This study, was, therefore, motivated by the need to investigate the impact of new media in political advertising during the 2019 governorship election in Imo State. Objectives of the Study The study sought to: 1. Determine the extent to which the electorate in Imo State accessed political campaign messages via social media during the 2019 governorship election. 242 SAU Journal of Management and Social Sciences www.sau.edu.ng/colmassjournal (ISSN: 2550-7302) Volume 4, Number1 & 2 June/December2019 2. Ascertain the channels through which the electorate mostly accessed messages on political campaigns during the governorship election in Imo State. 3. Determine how the electorate perceived the political campaign messages via social media during the 2019 governorship election in Imo State. 4. Find out the extent to which the political campaigns affected the voting behaviour of the electorate during the 2019 governorship election in Imo State Theoretical Framework, Conceptual Review and Reviw of Empirical Studies The study is anchored on the agenda setting theory. The agenda setting theory’s major assumption is that the media set agenda for the public to follow. The theory holds that most of the pictures we store in our heads, most of the things we think or worry about or even discuss are based on the contents of different mass media platforms. Wimmer & Dominick (2000) observed that the theory holds that the media propose the public agenda or what kind of things people discuss, think and worry about, by what the media choose to publicise. The theory is relevant to this study because it helps the author in establishing the relationship between audience exposure to media contents, particularly, political advertisement on social media and their voting behaviour during the 2019 governorship election in Imo State. Advertising is a planned form of paid communication, with an identifiable sponsor. It is both an act and art of communication used by individuals and government endeavours to communicate their goods, products or services, as the case may be, to the audience (Asemah, 2011). Arens (2008, p. 7) says that ‘‘advertising is the structural and composed non personal communication of information, usually paid for and usually persuasive in nature, about products, services and ideas by identified sponsors, through various mass media.’’ Arens’ opinion agrees with that of Dominick (2007, p. 321), which says that advertising is any form of non-personal presentation and promotion of ideas, goods and services, usually paid for by an identified sponsor. Advertising is, therefore, any form of communication that is paid for, directed at a target audience through the mass media, with the aim of creating awareness about goods and services, as well as selling a candidate. As noted by Olujide, Adeyemi & Gbadejan (2010), political advertising is the use of media by political candidates to increase their exposure to the public. Generally, political advertising includes any advertising exhibits, newspaper advertisements, billboards, brochure, signs, tabloids, letters, articles or information on social media for the purpose of persuading the electorate to act in a certain, preferred way. It aims at influencing the opinion and political decision, as well as voting pattern of the electorates in an election. It may also aim at attracting funding support to a political campaign or project. New media are interactive forms of communication that use the internet. They include podcasts, RSS feeds, social networks, text messaging, blogs, irikis, among others. New media make it possible for anyone to create, modify and share contents, using relatively simple tools that are often free or inexpensive. New media require a computer or mobile device with internet access. The new media are important sets of communication techniques that share certain features, made possible by digitalisation. 243 SAU Journal of Management and Social Sciences www.sau.edu.ng/colmassjournal
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Towards a New Type of Regime in Sub-Saharan Africa?
    Towards a New Type of Regime in Sub-Saharan Africa? DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS BUT NO DEMOCRACY Marc-Antoine Pérouse de Montclos cahiers & conférences travaux & recherches les études The Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) is a research center and a forum for debate on major international political and economic issues. Headed by Thierry de Montbrial since its founding in 1979, Ifri is a non-governmental and a non- profit organization. As an independent think tank, Ifri sets its own research agenda, publishing its findings regularly for a global audience. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Ifri brings together political and economic decision-makers, researchers and internationally renowned experts to animate its debate and research activities. With offices in Paris and Brussels, Ifri stands out as one of the rare French think tanks to have positioned itself at the very heart of European debate. The opinions expressed in this text are the responsibility of the author alone. The Sub-Saharian Africa Program is supported by: Translated by: Henry Kenrick, in collaboration with the author © Droits exclusivement réservés – Ifri – Paris, 2010 ISBN: 978-2-86592-709-8 Ifri Ifri-Bruxelles 27 rue de la Procession Rue Marie-Thérèse, 21 75740 Paris Cedex 15 – France 1000 Bruxelles – Belgique Tél. : +33 (0)1 40 61 60 00 Tél. : +32 (0)2 238 51 10 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Internet Website : Ifri.org Summary Sub-Saharan African hopes of democratization raised by the end of the Cold War and the decline in the number of single party states are giving way to disillusionment.
    [Show full text]
  • CDD PAPER on EDO.Cdr
    POLL PREVIEW: EDO STATE'S 2020 GUBERNATORIAL RACE Centre for Democracy & Development Centre pour la Democratie/ et le Developpement/ POLL PREVIEW: EDO STATE'S 2020 GUBERNATORIAL RACE he Edo governorship election scheduled for 19 September 2020 is one of seven off- season elections across Nigeria's 36states. Edo is strategic for national politics. TPrior to June 2020, when Edo's incumbent defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People's Democratic Party (PDP), it was the only state in the South-South geopolitical zone led by a non-PDP Governor. The election is high stakes for the two main political parties and could potentially have a bearing on the 2023 general elections. In this report, the Centre for Democracy and Development analyses the political environment in the lead-up to the election, including voting trends, electioneering dynamics, and instances of political violence. The report also examines the political implications of the conduct and outcomes of the 2020 election for both Edo State and the country at-large. 01 2020 Election n 15 July 2020, the Independent Nosakhare Igbinedion. He was the National Electoral Commission National Vice Chairman, South-South O(INEC) released the final list of Zone of the defunct Action Congress of political parties and their candidates for Nigeria (ACN) and the Director-General the governorship election. Although the o f f o r m e r g o v e r n o r , A d a m s list contains 14 political parties, the Oshiomhole's successful campaign election is a two-horse race between team in 2012.
    [Show full text]
  • Davido Visits Governor Dapo Abiodun in Ogun
    South-East security outfit, EBUBEAGU, takes off By: Olalekan Osiade Security Network named attendance, also attracted Navy “South-East Governors set up that the development will boost Sunday, April 11th 2021, it was security. overnors of the South- Amotekun Corps. and Air Force Commanders, the the South-East joint security outfit resolved as follows: The Communique reads: East region on Sunday The launch was the outcome Inspector-General of Police, code named EBUBEAGU”, the “ T o s t r o n g l y a n d “After exhaustive discussions on launched a joint security of a meeting between the Ohanaeze Ndigbo and other twitter reads. unequivocally condemn terrorism G In the same vein, Chairman of the current security challenges in and banditry in any part of Nigeria, outfit codenamed EBUBEAGU. Governors and stakeholders in the stakeholders. the South-East and with valuable The launch comes a year after South East region. Imo State Governor, who the South-East Governors Forum, particularly in the South-East. The contributions from participants at S o u t h We s t G o v e r n o r s The meeting, which had hosted the meeting, caused it to Dave Umahi, who read a meeting strongly condemns the the first South-East security established the Western Nigeria Governors of Anambra, Abia, be posted on the official Twitter communique issued at the end of burning of police stations, violent summit in Owerri on this day Ebonyi, Imo and Enugu states in handle of the state government. the meeting, expressed optimism ...continued on page 3 Vol.
    [Show full text]
  • Nigeria's Elections: Avoiding a Political Crisis
    NIGERIA’S ELECTIONS: AVOIDING A POLITICAL CRISIS Africa Report N°123 – 28 March 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS................................................. i I. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1 II. OBASANJO’S ATTEMPTS TO KEEP POWER ....................................................... 2 A. CONTROL OVER PDP NOMINATIONS .....................................................................................2 B. UNDERMINING THE OPPOSITION............................................................................................4 C. THE FEUD WITH ATIKU ABUBAKAR ......................................................................................5 D. RISKS OF BACKFIRE? ............................................................................................................7 III. THE SPREAD OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE............................................................. 9 A. DEMOCRACY WITHOUT DEMOCRATS....................................................................................9 1. God-fatherism............................................................................................................9 2. The increase of political violence ..............................................................................9 B. A THRIVING MARKET FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE................................................................11 C. WORSENING INSURGENCY IN THE NIGER DELTA.................................................................12
    [Show full text]
  • Political Web Report
    Political Communications Web Archiving An Investigation Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Center for Research Libraries Latin American Network Information Center, University of Texas at Austin New York University Cornell University Stanford University Internet Archive June2004 Contents Introduction: Aims and Background of the Investigation 1 Participants and Advisors to the Project 3 1. The Political Web – Production and Producer Behaviors 5 2. User Behaviors and Needs 7 3. Existing Approaches to Archiving Traditional and Web-based Political Materials 9 4. Curatorial Regimes and Issues 14 5. Technical Strategies 21 6. Sustainable Archiving – How Best to Organize, Govern, and Fund the Activities 25 7. A Proposed Political Communications Web Archives Model 32 8. Next Steps 42 Bibliography 50 Appendices Appendices Curatorial Investigation 1. Archival Access Policy survey 2. LANIC Electoral Observatory exercise results (IA Assessment) 3. Nigerian Election 2003 Crawl – Curatorial Assessment 4. Timing Exercise (HTTrack Assessment) 5. Typology of sites (UNESCO Thesaurus) 6. Test Data Input Module (MODS descriptive Data) 7. Lor, Peter and Britz, Hannes: “A South-North Perspective on Web Archiving,“ November 8, 2002. Technical Investigation - Topical Reports 8. Technical Challenges of Web Archiving 9. Digital Preservation Considerations for Web Archiving 10. Risk Management for Web Resources 11. Web Archiving Cost Issues 12. Summary of Staffing Requirements for Ten Web Archiving Projects Technical Investigation - Evaluations of Prototypes 13. Comparative Merits of Current Methodologies 14. Longer Evaluation of PANDORA/Kulturarw3 15. Evaluation of WARP Technical Investigation - Evaluations of Harvesters 16. Harvester Evaluation 17. Case Study: NEDLIB Harvester 18. Case Study: PANDAS/HTTrack 19. Summary of Mercator crawl problems Technical Investigation - Metadata; OAIS; METS and Websites 20.
    [Show full text]
  • Ogun Nets N21bn IGR in Q1, Targets N100bn in 2021
    Ogun Nets N21bn IGR in Q1, Targets N100bn in 2021 Eyes N30 billion in second quarter Obinna Chima N21 billion in the first quarter Abiodun spoke at a special stressed that his administration was due to drop in earnings second quarter of 2021 was of this year. Governor Dapo Iftar (breaking of fast) with was committed to putting the from the Pay As You Earn N30 billion. Despite the decline in its Abiodun disclosed this in a members of the House of state on a strong financial and (PAYE), tax incentives given to Abiodun stated, "Our IGR Internally Generated Revenue statement on Friday, saying Representatives, House of economic footing through industries in the state, and lack dipped in 2020 and there are (IGR) last year due mainly to the state has perfected plans Assembly, State Executive creative governance. of revenue from the education some reasons for that – there the effects of COVID-19, Ogun to generate over N100 billion Council, and the Body of The governor said the dip sector. State Government raked in in 2021. Permanent Secretaries. He in the state’s IGR in 2020 He said the target for the Continued on page 10 INEC May Approve 176,996 Centres for 2023 Elections… Page 8 Sunday 9 May, 2021 Vol 26. No 9526 www.thisdaylive.com T N400 RU N TH & REASO UK Parliament Worried about Nigeria’s Growing Insecurity Debates frequent students’ abductions, boko haram attacks Bayo Akinloye the House of Commons, attacks by Boko Haream’s the situation in Nigeriaand Democratic Unionist Party Buhari's administration on has held consistent debates insurgents.
    [Show full text]
  • IRI/NDI Nigeria International Election Observation Mission Final Report June 2019 IRI/NDI Nigeria International Election Observation Mission Final Report
    IRI/NDI Nigeria International Election Observation Mission Final Report June 2019 IRI/NDI Nigeria International Election Observation Mission Final Report Copyright © 2019 International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI). All rights reserved. Portions of this work may be reproduced and/or translated for non-commercial purposes provided IRI and NDI are acknowledged as the source of the material and are sent copies of any translation. Send copies to: Attention Department of External Affairs Attention Communications Department International Republican Institute National Democratic Institute 1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 800 455 Massachusetts Ave NW, 8th Floor Washington, DC 20005 Washington, DC 20001 [email protected] http://www.ndi.org/contact IRI/NDI Nigeria International Election Observation Mission Final Report iii Letter from the Presidents The International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) hereby present our final report on the 2019 elections in Nigeria. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all Nigerians with whom our delegates met during this long-term observation process including government officials, the Chairman and members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), polling officials, party members, candidates, citizen election observers, civic activists and members of the National Peace Committee for their hospitality and cooperation. Four years ago, Nigeria held elections that were recognized internationally as free, fair and credible. The 2019 general elections fell significantly short of standards set in 2015. Citizens’ confidence in elections was shaken. Nigeria holds great promise with a dynamic youth population, substantial human and material resources and a vibrant civil society. Election stakeholders, especially the federal government, National Assembly, political parties and INEC should take concrete steps to address the concerns of citizens with regards to the polls in order to rekindle their faith in the power and possibility of credible elections.
    [Show full text]
  • The-Progressives-Magazine-Dec
    December 2020 VOLUME 1 ISSUE 4 Rubber-stamp? No! Interdependence? Yes! PROGRESSIVE OF THE MONTH FEATURE SPECIAL FOCUS Umahi onboard the Faces of progressives Yahaya Bello’s progressives’ train giant strides First Edition Second Edition Third Edition Fourth Edition From the Editor-in-Chief Hello, Progressives he National Assembly has been unusually peaceful, and it appears most Nigerians are taking it for granted. We could not have forgotten the customary topsy-turvy relationship between the Executive and T legislative arms. It used to be a norm for the two arms to be at loggerhead at the expense of the public good. For nearly two decades, Nigeria's democracy has been postmarked by counterproductive OFFICIAL MONTHLY JOURNAL OF THE APC/PGF posturing between the Presidency and the lawmakers, even when the October - November 2020 majority of them are from the same governing party who ought to be prosecuting the same manifesto. This has gone on for so long that many Nigerians believe it was the ideal. And the ideal, which is what we have witnessed since the 9th National Assembly Editor-in-Chief was inaugurated, is erroneously considered to be a misnomer. LANRE ISSA-ONILU Our cover story in this edition cannot be more apt. The Progressives Team brings you a Editor thought-provoking interview of the cerebral and dexterous President of the Senate, Mr. EDEGBE ODEMWINGIE Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan. He provided a comprehensive appraisal of the great activities of Production Editor the 9th Senate. The 9th Senate faces accusation of being a rubber-stamp for the REMI ADELOWO Executive for choosing to work for the public good while maintaining its turf.
    [Show full text]
  • Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission
    KADUNA STATE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION REPORT OF THE 2018 LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS ELECTION IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA Dr. Saratu Binta Dikko‐Audu Chairman Mrs. Safiya U. Balarabe Mall. Hassan Mohammed Mall. Ibrahim Sambo mni Commissioner Human Resource & Commissioner Operations & Commissioner Finance & Accounts, Management Services, Coordinator Zone 1A Logistics, Coordinator Zone 1B Coordinator Zone 2A K/North, K/South, Chikun, Kajuru LGAs B/Gwari, Giwa, Igabi LGAs Kudan, S/Gari, Soba, Zaria LGAs Dr. Rilwanu A. Yahaya Bitrus E. Gwadah Esq. Prof. Joseph G. Akpoko Commissioner Planning, Research, Statistics Commissioner Legal Matters, Commissioner Public Affairs & & Training, Coordinator Zone 2B Coordinator Zone 3A Information, Coordinator Zone 3B Ikara, Makarfi, Lere, Kubau LGAs Kachia, Kagarko, Kauru, Z/Kataf LGAs Jaba, Jema’a, Kaura, Sanga LGAs Nuhu Idris Abdur‐Ra’uf Secretary to the Commission i KADUNA STATE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION VISION, MISSION AND VALUES STATEMENT Vision Statement: To be recognized as one of the foremost Electoral Management Bodies engaged in conducting elections using innovative approaches in Nigeria. Mission Statement: To organize, undertake and supervise elections into offices of Local Government Councils, render such advice as it may consider necessary to INEC, provide guidelines to political parties, conduct voter and civic education, and promote knowledge of sound democratic electoral process to meet the needs and aspirations of citizens of Kaduna State. Values: In achieving the vision and mission, KAD‐SIECOM considers as fundamental the values of quality, excellence, integrity, service, accountability and partnership. Our thrust has been to sustainably conserve these values to ensure that KAD‐SIECOM enjoys tremendous State‐wide goodwill. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS The Commission Members..……………………………………………………………………....
    [Show full text]
  • AC Vol 44 No 5
    www.africa-confidential.com 7 March 2003 Vol 44 No 5 AFRICA CONFIDENTIAL NIGERIA II 3 NIGERIA I The battle in the states Outgunning the opposition Shaky administration and growing political violence threaten the The 36 state governors have proved a durable crowd. All but credibility of April’s national elections two of those elected in 1999 are to The political scene has been ominously quiet as several constitutional issues rumble. The most serious stand again for the same party in is whether the 18 April presidential election can be held within President Olusegun Obasanjo’s April’s elections. This continuity mandate. The defeated aspirant for the ruling party’s nomination, Alex Ekwueme, has launched a series doesn’t imply stability. Few of the governors expect an easy ride back of legal challenges to Obasanjo’s candidacy; the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) has to power. Some of the political approved only a fraction of the candidates for elections at local, state and national level (AC Vol 44 No 3). struggles are turning violent with Perhaps most damning, diplomatic sources described the electoral register compiled last September as the worst flashpoints in the Niger ‘about 50 per cent accurate’. The latest register, revamped in January, is said to be an improvement but Delta, Kwara and Niger in the has just under 67 million names on it. Given a median age of 15, that would give Nigeria a population Middle Belt and Kano in the north. of well over 140 mn., compared to United Nations and World Bank calculations of under 130 mn.
    [Show full text]
  • Explaining 'Godfatherism ' in Nigerian Politics
    Akican Sociological Review. 9, (2), 2005, pp.79-105. Isaac Olawale Albert Explaining 'godfatherism ' in Nigerian Politics Take it or leave it, the archetypal godfather in Nigeria is more than the ruthless Mario Puzo's kingpins in the Italian Mafia setting. While the fictional godfather is characterized as 'a shadowy, dare-devil recluse, who combines immense underworld financial muscle with near mythical powers of enormous proportions', which is to attain a further greasing of the ever-increasing vast financial empire, the Nigeria type has the added character- ization of conceit, ego, loquacity, pettiness, envy, strife, crudity, and confusion.' Introduction The works of Plato, Aristotle, Tacitus, and other classical philosophers are largely focussed on the concentration of political power in the hands of a few in the early Greek and Roman society. Thinkers such as Pareto, Mosca, Michels, and Marx2too devoted their political analysis to how power is used and misused by the elite class in different contexts. The domination of power by the hegemonic class in many parts ofthe contemporary world can thus be said to be nothing new but has a robust pedigree. The main lesson from all these works is that the study of political elites and leadership is very important for under- standing the trajectories of development in any society. As we-lsh ~bserved,~ political elites 'participate in, or influence the making of, decisions that allocate resources within and among social units'. A variety of conflicts are produced in the process. Discourses on political elitism raise two important questions: hierarchy and inequality. Both of them are necessary for understanding the issues to be raised in this paper.
    [Show full text]
  • Report of Nigeria's 2019 General Elections 1
    Report of Nigeria’s 2019 General Elections 1 Report of Nigeria’s 2019 General Elections Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Part One 9 The Context of the 2019 General Elections 9 Key Issues Ahead of the Elections 11 Part Two 17 Managing the Elections 17 2019 Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Part Three 25 All Rights Reserved 2019 Elections Measured Against Situation Room Thresholds 25 Part Four 43 Conclusion 43 Situation Room Secretariat: Recommendations 43 c/o Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) Plot 451 Gambo Jimeta Crescent, Appendices 47 Guzape District, Abuja, Nigeria Appendix A: List of Situation Room Members 47 Appendix B: Situation Room Statements on the 2019 General Elections 53 Telephone: 09095050505, 09032999919 Appendix C: Breakdown of Registered Voters Before the Website: http://situationroom.placng.org Elections & at Collation of Presidential Election Results 85 Facebook: facebook.com/situationroomnigeria Twitter: @situationroomng Table of Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations Appendix D: Accredited Voters versus Total Votes Cast based on INEC’s Announcements at the National Collation Centre (Between 25 & 27 February 2019) 87 AAC African Action Congress Appendix E: Cancelled Votes & Reasons For Cancellation Based ACPN Allied Congress Party of Nigeria On INEC’s Announcement at the National Collation Centre ANN Alliance for New Nigeria Between 25-27 February 2019 90 APC All Progressives Congress Appendix F: Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room CASE Content Aggregate System on Elections Threshold for the 2019 Nigeria
    [Show full text]