Monday, February 16, 2015
Ahead Of General Elections, CDD Charges Against Violence In Kano, Kaduna
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Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) is implementing projects in Kaduna and Kano States to promote violence-free elections and issue-based campaign in the States. Through multiplicity of voter education programming channelled at engaging diverse segments of Nigerians in Kano and Kaduna States, CDD has developed risk management strategies to guide against possible electoral violence that could emanate before, during and after the elections.
As noted by the Director of CDD, Idayat Hassan, "necessary steps should be taken by civil society organizations to complement efforts of the government to avert potential causes of electoral violence in the 2015 general elections." She explained that the 2015 general elections should be taken serious by all stakeholders as political atmosphere is more tensed compared to the previous elections due to the emergence of strong opposition party, increased inter and intra-party crisis, seemingly intractable ethno-religious bigotry, pastoralists/farmers crisis, Boko Haram insurgence in the Northern states including Kano and Kaduna States.
To avert electoral violence in the coming elections, CDD is hosting #WearepeaceKaduna and #AkasaAFaiFai radio programmes in Kaduna and Kano States respectively. In addition, the Centre is broadcasting non-violence messages from opinion leaders and influencers in Kaduna State. The pledge is conducted in English, Hausa and Fulfube languages by leaders of political parties, religious, traditional, women and youth leaders – especially, Yan'daba, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), elder statesmen, amongst others to encourage the youth, party supporters, and other perpetuators of violence against electoral violence in the Kano, Kaduna and other neighboring states.
In Kaduna, non-violence text messages campaign has also been initiated while in Kano, town hall meetings to complement the weekly radio voter education programme were held in Kano Central, North and South Senatorial Districts. The town hall meeting facilitated dialogue on key concerns of electoral violence, exposed voters to the guidelines and regulations for conducting 2015 general elections, and role youth and traditional leaders should play in strengthening democracy.
As a way of galvanizing the strength of the media, CDD would be setting-up a "Harmonized Election Day Broadcast" to address some major causes of electoral violence. The Election Day Broadcast is aimed at engaging, enlightening and educating the people of Kaduna State during the 2015 general elections. This is to address the problems of lack of timely information to citizenry, deliberate misinformation by political actors, lack of persuasive 'voices of reason' from credible opinion leaders, ethnic leaderships and religious institutions, lack of instant acknowledgement of electoral flaws and instant declaration of remedies by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political partisanship by some media houses, etc.
The "Voter Education Project" in Kano State is funded by Canadian High Commission Nigeria, while the "Promoting Violence-Free Election" in Kaduna is sponsored by the Australian High Commission in Nigeria through Australian Aid.
As noted by the Director of CDD, Idayat Hassan, "necessary steps should be taken by civil society organizations to complement efforts of the government to avert potential causes of electoral violence in the 2015 general elections." She explained that the 2015 general elections should be taken serious by all stakeholders as political atmosphere is more tensed compared to the previous elections due to the emergence of strong opposition party, increased inter and intra-party crisis, seemingly intractable ethno-religious bigotry, pastoralists/farmers crisis, Boko Haram insurgence in the Northern states including Kano and Kaduna States.
To avert electoral violence in the coming elections, CDD is hosting #WearepeaceKaduna and #AkasaAFaiFai radio programmes in Kaduna and Kano States respectively. In addition, the Centre is broadcasting non-violence messages from opinion leaders and influencers in Kaduna State. The pledge is conducted in English, Hausa and Fulfube languages by leaders of political parties, religious, traditional, women and youth leaders – especially, Yan'daba, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), elder statesmen, amongst others to encourage the youth, party supporters, and other perpetuators of violence against electoral violence in the Kano, Kaduna and other neighboring states.
In Kaduna, non-violence text messages campaign has also been initiated while in Kano, town hall meetings to complement the weekly radio voter education programme were held in Kano Central, North and South Senatorial Districts. The town hall meeting facilitated dialogue on key concerns of electoral violence, exposed voters to the guidelines and regulations for conducting 2015 general elections, and role youth and traditional leaders should play in strengthening democracy.
As a way of galvanizing the strength of the media, CDD would be setting-up a "Harmonized Election Day Broadcast" to address some major causes of electoral violence. The Election Day Broadcast is aimed at engaging, enlightening and educating the people of Kaduna State during the 2015 general elections. This is to address the problems of lack of timely information to citizenry, deliberate misinformation by political actors, lack of persuasive 'voices of reason' from credible opinion leaders, ethnic leaderships and religious institutions, lack of instant acknowledgement of electoral flaws and instant declaration of remedies by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political partisanship by some media houses, etc.
The "Voter Education Project" in Kano State is funded by Canadian High Commission Nigeria, while the "Promoting Violence-Free Election" in Kaduna is sponsored by the Australian High Commission in Nigeria through Australian Aid.
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