As an interesting sidebar to the 2007 Presidential election, here are the results from 2003.
Archive for the '2003 elections' Category
Pages 1 - 45Again, from scavenger’s paradise YouTube: Wole Soyinka, Femi Kuti and the Open University’s Alacha Odeon on the conduct of the 2003 elections.
From BBC Four’s excellent documentary ‘Hotspots: Nigeria,’ first broadcast 11th May 2005. (Definitely due for a repeat.)
The author of ‘Things Fall Apart,’ reknowned writer Chinua Achebe has talked to the BBC about his fears for the forthcoming elections:
We thought Nigeria was already passed that stage but we have been dragged back now to a situation which every election becomes an occasion for struggle and violence.
But an INEC official interviewed by the BBC rebuffed Achebe’s concerns:
Mr Biyu, director of voter education at the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), said as far as the electoral system was concerned much had been done to stop rigging.
“With what we have done all is now set to conduct the election peacefully”
Peter Preston writes in the Guardian today:
What’s at stake is something that matters hugely to Africa. Nigeria is populous, talented, resourced and dynamic. It is has a natural leadership role, and the inherent wealth to exercise it. And the long, uncertain years of military dictatorship may be over. Obasanjo will pass power to another civilian politician in April. There’s a tentative stability here that could turn into real hope.
