The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), a well-known pro-democracy organisation, has identified four crucial problems that will affect how people vote in the 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, has stated that it is prepared to conduct the elections, which are scheduled for this coming Saturday.
The elite group also noted that it is still difficult to determine who will win the elections on Saturday because Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso will be in a close race.
Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso, and Tinubu are the candidates for the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP), and the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), respectively.
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According to the pre-election brief issued by the CDD Director, Idayat Hassan, and EAC Chairperson, Professor Adele Jinadu, identity, insecurity, institutions, information disorder, and intra- and inter-party disputes are the five main factors that will affect voting behaviour.
The Nigerian military has been stationed all around the federation, according to the CDD, because security concerns exist in each of the nation’s six geopolitical regions.
“Extremist jihadist groups, criminal bandit gangs, and other non-state armed groups have been carrying out violent attacks against local communities in the northern states for a long time.
“Civil turmoil persists in the south against a backdrop of persistent conflict between farmers and herders and secessionist activists.
More than 130 million Nigerians are categorised as multi-dimensionally poor, according to the organisation, and the issue is further worsened by the lack of fuel and money.
