The electoral Forum
Enhancing the Accountability and Integrity of Electoral Governance in Nigeria
About Us
Secretariat Location:
9B, Omalara Adeyemi Street, Kukwaba, Abuja.
Email:
electoralforum@gmail.com
Phone:
+234 915 122 1138
The Electoral Forum serves as a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary platform committed to strengthening election administration, sustainable democratic governance, and democracy in Nigeria and across Africa. The Forum aims to enhance the integrity, credibility, and design of electoral processes; to advance substantive citizens’ participation; and overall to rekindle interests in, and deepen, democracy, thereby advancing transparency, accountability, and public trust in electoral and democratic governance. The Electoral Forum brings together diverse resource persons, practitioners, and experts from election management bodies (EMBs), academia, civil society organizations (CSOs), media, and the development sector to conceptualise solutions to the problems facing electoral governance in Nigeria. Through its engagements, it facilitates collaborative problem-solving and policy innovation to address systemic challenges in electoral governance. It works to strengthen and enhance the institutional capacity, responsiveness, legitimacy, performance, effectiveness, and accountability of both the “supply side” (EMBs, legislature, executive, judiciary, etc.) and the “demand side” (CSOs, media, electorate, citizens) of electoral governance, whilst advancing citizens’ participation in democracy. This dual and integrated approach ensures that the electoral process and governance in particular, and democracy in general, is more inclusive, participatory, transparent, and accountable. Through this approach, the Forum promotes knowledge production, peer and shared learning, collaboration, and innovation, as evidence-based tools for reforming and strengthening democratic governance and systems. In meeting its mission, The Electoral Forum provides evidence-based research, data-driven insights, and actionable policy recommendations to support EMBs, CSOs, and other key democratic stakeholders. It functions as a knowledge and convening platform that fosters informed dialogue and promotes best practices in electoral reform. It is chaired by Professor Adebayo Olukoshi. Other members of the Forum include Professor Attahiru Jega, former INEC Chairman; Professor Okechukwu Ibeanu, Hajiya Amina Zakari, and Professor Anthonia Simbine, former INEC National Commissioners; and Hon. Glory Ukpong and Hon. Hannatu Usman Biniyat, former Chairpersons of Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission and Kaduna
State Independent Electoral Commission, respectively. Hons. Ukpong and Biniyat were also Chairpersons and Secretary of the Forum of State Independent Electoral Commissions (FOSIECOM) during their tenure. The Forum has been supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) and MacArthur Foundation. The Electoral Forum is an initiative of The Electoral Hub, an affiliate of Initiative for
Research, Innovation and Advocacy in Development (IRIAD).
Professor Adebayo Olukoshi
Chairman The Electoral Forum
Welcome Message from the Chairman
It is my pleasure to introduce to you The Electoral Forum, an initiative of The Electoral Hub that pools electoral resource persons together to conceptualise solutions to electoral issues in Nigeria. The Forum consists of a fine mix of highly experienced electoral stakeholders on both the supply and demand sides of elections. These include former Chairs, National Commissioners, Resident Electoral Commissioners, Deputy Secretaries, and Directors of the electoral management body, members of civil society organisations, members of donor agencies, and media personnel.
Experience in countries around the world has made it obvious that elections play an important role in democratic processes. If elections are allowed to fall below a certain standard of acceptability, there will be crisis and political instability. In the Nigerian context, the poor standard of elections in recent years, particularly during the 2019 general elections, is a call for concern. If this issue is not addressed, we may lose some of the gains we have made in democratic consolidation over the years.
The Electoral Forum has therefore been established to provide solutions to improve the integrity and credibility of the electoral process in Nigeria. We seek to do this through meetings where we discuss and analyse pressing electoral issues, production and dissemination of advocacy asks and policy briefs to key stakeholders, and advocacy and outreach to further popularise solutions conceptualised by Forum members. In this way, we believe that we can contribute our own quota to improving electoral integrity in the country.
Goals and Objectives
The overall goal of The Electoral Forum is to provide solutions to improve the integrity and credibility of the electoral process in Nigeria in particular and the African continent in general. This goal is broken down into the following objectives:
Increase knowledge and awareness of the electoral process in Nigeria, including strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Aid electoral practitioners and civil society organisations in developing and implementing projects on elections.
Facilitate collaboration between different stakeholders working to improve the electoral process in Nigeria
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