Nigeria: Elections

(asked on 11th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) financial and (b) other support his Department has allocated to support international election monitoring in Nigeria for the 2023 election in that country.


Answered by
Andrew Mitchell Portrait
Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
This question was answered on 20th January 2023

The UK Government is supporting Nigeria to deliver free, fair and credible elections through our diplomatic engagement, technical advice, programmes and election observation. The British High Commission plans to deploy observers to polling stations. Additionally, we will coordinate with other international and domestic observer missions including the Commonwealth delegation. I have discussed electoral preparedness and support the UK Government is providing with the chairman of the Nigerian electoral commission on 17 January. We have provided £5 million in funding since 2019 to Nigerian civil society to strengthen oversight of the elections. This includes supporting the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room to provide citizen education and engagement on the process and the 2022 Electoral Act.

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