CDD to open ‘one-stop-shop analysis’ centre for 2019 polls
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said that it will open an Election Analysis Centre (EAC) as a one-stop-shop for rigorous analysis of the 2019 General Elections. The CDD Director, Idayat Hassan, said on Friday in Abuja that The EAC, which shall be located in Central Business District, Abuja, will be officially opened […]
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said that it will open an Election Analysis Centre (EAC) as a one-stop-shop for rigorous analysis of the 2019 General Elections.
The CDD Director, Idayat Hassan, said on Friday in Abuja that The EAC, which shall be located in Central Business District, Abuja, will be officially opened on the 14th of February 2019.
“Ahead of the 2019 general election, the Centre will provide accurate and real-time analysis of events in the build-up to the polls, Election Day and post-election period in a more captivating, enriching and systematic manner. It will provide informed analysis grounded in historical facts and data spanning 1999-2015 general elections, inclusive of off-cycle polls in the country,” Hassan said.
She said that the CDD will deploy 3,500 trained observers to monitor the elections in all the 36 states of the federation and the FCT, the 774 Local Government Areas and 2,642 political wards in the country.
She said the observers are being trained to carefully observe and report back on the accreditation and voting process, including movement of sensitive materials to polling units, the opening of polling units, setting up of polling units, and accreditation and voting.
“A newly developed GPS-enabled CDD Election Tracker will be deployed to enable accredited field observers report on the accreditation and voting processes. The tracker will also help us track where they are reporting from for quality control purposes. The tracker is developed in a way that also allows citizens and journalists to register and report only on incidents on the day of elections.
“Our EAC shall have political scientists, historians, gender, conflict experts, data analyst and communication experts who will interrogate pre-election, Election Day and post-election events from a contemporary and historical lens,” she said.