78% of Nigerians don't trust INEC, report says
Only 23% of Nigerians say they trust the Independent National Electoral Commission "somewhat" or "a lot", while more than three-quarters (78%) express "just a little" or no confidence. full confidence in the electoral management body, showed a joint report by NOI Polls, Afrobarometer and CDD Ghana.
The report, "Nigerians Want Competitive Elections But Don't Trust the Electoral Commission", published in Afrobarometer Dispatch 598, also found that trust in the INEC had decreased by 12% since 2017.
The Afrobarometer team in Nigeria, led by NOIPolls, said it interviewed a "stratified, random, nationally representative probability sample" of 1,600 Nigerian adults between March 5 and March 31 2022.
According to the research network, a sample of this size "provides results at the national level with a margin of error of +/-2.5 percentage points at a 95% confidence level ".
Previous standard surveys were conducted in Nigeria in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2020 by the organization.
Saturday PUNCH reports that INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu has repeatedly promised Nigerians that their votes will count in the 2023 elections, assuring them that the rigging season is over.
"In addition to reservations about the quality of the elections, a red flag for the upcoming elections in Nigeria is low public confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission," reads part of the report.
The report headlined by NOIPolls social research manager Raphael Mbaegbu and Afrobarometer coordinator for Anglophone West and North Africa also showed that trust in the INEC had been "fairly weak over the past two decades" and had "decline by 12 percentage points since 2017".
"Popular trust in the INEC is a central issue, and mistrust is a major concern, especially in southern states. The upcoming election is an opportunity for the body to electoral management to regain the trust of the electorate by demonstrating independence, credibility and competence,” the report adds.
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Only 23% of Nigerians say they trust the Independent National Electoral Commission "somewhat" or "a lot", while more than three-quarters (78%) express "just a little" or no confidence. full confidence in the electoral management body, showed a joint report by NOI Polls, Afrobarometer and CDD Ghana.
The report, "Nigerians Want Competitive Elections But Don't Trust the Electoral Commission", published in Afrobarometer Dispatch 598, also found that trust in the INEC had decreased by 12% since 2017.
The Afrobarometer team in Nigeria, led by NOIPolls, said it interviewed a "stratified, random, nationally representative probability sample" of 1,600 Nigerian adults between March 5 and March 31 2022.
According to the research network, a sample of this size "provides results at the national level with a margin of error of +/-2.5 percentage points at a 95% confidence level ".
Previous standard surveys were conducted in Nigeria in 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2020 by the organization.
Saturday PUNCH reports that INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu has repeatedly promised Nigerians that their votes will count in the 2023 elections, assuring them that the rigging season is over.
"In addition to reservations about the quality of the elections, a red flag for the upcoming elections in Nigeria is low public confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission," reads part of the report.
The report headlined by NOIPolls social research manager Raphael Mbaegbu and Afrobarometer coordinator for Anglophone West and North Africa also showed that trust in the INEC had been "fairly weak over the past two decades" and had "decline by 12 percentage points since 2017".
"Popular trust in the INEC is a central issue, and mistrust is a major concern, especially in southern states. The upcoming election is an opportunity for the body to electoral management to regain the trust of the electorate by demonstrating independence, credibility and competence,” the report adds.
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