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2023 Election and Voter apathy

This synopsis provides key insights and findings into voter apathy in Nigeria, with specific references to insights from citizens perspectives across selected states. After over two decades of Democratic governance, questions have arisen regarding the extent to which election have contributed to the consolidation of Democratic governance, as well as addressed key issues such as unemployment, poverty and inequality among others.

The 2023 election will be the sixth successive one since the return of Democratic governance in 1999. With less than 2 months to the general election, the INEC is still struggling with vital issues such as PVC collations and identifying areas of potential challenges.

Despite the centrality of Elections in Nigeria, voter apathy has been a lingering challenge, due to the steady decline in voter turnout. This decline in voter turnout is linked to several factors which has to do with discontent with governance in the context of the inability of the elites to deliver on their mandates of social provisioning, insecurity and displacement that have led to deaths and dislocation of people from their residences among others. Find table one here.

The table has explained in details how votes continue to decline, which is believed to be motivated from consistent empty promises.