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The Nigeria Project Team (NPT), the Africa Working Group (AWG), and the Program on Contentious Politics, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University invites you to a presentation
Mitigating Electoral Violence: Lessons from Nigeria’s 2015 Election
Speaker:
Professor Attahiru Jega
Former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and a Visiting Scholar at the George Mason University
Discussants:
Professor John Paden
Clarence Robinson Professor, George Mason University
Professor Terrence Lyons
School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 12.00pm - 2.00pm
Metropolitan Building 5th Floor, Room 5183
George Mason University, 3434 Washington Blvd. Arlington VA 22201
Uncertainties characterized the period before Nigeria's 2015 election,with many people predicting a possible outbreak of the worst election violence in the country. This led to different initiatives to mitigate potential violence during and after the election. This included the signing of a peace pact, referred to as the “Abuja Peace Accord” by the leaders of the two largest political parties. The 2015 election is now history, but many African countries have not learned from the Nigeria’s experience. As some African nations prepare for elections in the coming months; like Somalia, Gambia, and Ghana, the events unfolding in Gabon where a presidential candidate declared victory in an unannounced result of an election and further asked his opponent to call and congratulate him is of concern. Professor Attahiru Jega, a former Chair of the Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission during the 2011 and 2015 elections, and a current visiting scholar at the George Mason University will share his experience from the Nigerian elections and its implications for other countries.
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