Security and the economy to top Nigeria’s 2023 election agenda
Civic agitators: Protesters at the Gani Fahweyinmi Park, Ojota district of Lagos, Nigeria, venue of the June 12 protest, on 12 June 2021. June 12 is ‘Democracy Day’, which marks Nigeria’s move to civilian rule more than 20 years ago. PHOTO | AFP
Nigeria will be holding a General Election on February 25, 2023, one week later than scheduled, against a backdrop of runaway insecurity which now seems to have morphed into banditry, presenting a litmus test for the new president.
This will be the seventh General Election since Nigeria returned to civilian democratic rule in 1999. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has registered more than six million new voters, adding to a national register of 60 million voters.
