The Centre for Democracy and Development CDD has on 23 February 2023 launched the Election Analysis Centre for the 2023 general elections in order to keep a close watch on the key processes in the build up to, during and after the elections.
Announcing the Centre to the media, the Chairman, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and EAC, Professor Adele Jinadu said the EAC works in terms with clearly assigned roles and responsibilities. The observers in each of the 36 states plus the FCT will be supervised by state coordinators.
Professor Jinadu On election day itself the EAC will provide preliminary updates on the opening of polls, accreditation of voters, voting and compliance with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) guidelines.
He said it will similarly provide updates of the sorting and counting of ballots following the conclusion of polling day.
"With the innovations in the Electoral Act 2022, including the provision which mandates the pasting of the polling unit results, the EAC will provide results updates by tracking the real time appearance of the snapped polling units results on the INEC Result Viewing portal.
Speaking to journalists, the Director, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) Idayat Hassan said for the presidential and national assembly elections on 25 February 2023, CDD will deploy over 4,993 trained and accredited observers, 42 data clerks and 15 fact-checkers and social media monitors.
He also added that the EAC in Abuja will be using ICT tools, observers send data to data clerks stationed. Data clerks double check entries from the field and present the raw data to the team of analysts.
"A technical drafting group supports the analysts and communications team to draft statements and newsletters and to develop knowledge products which are circulated to election stakeholders and citizens across the country.
"This ensure that our observation of the 2023 general elections is systematic, with a uniform data collection template used across the country further support consistency", he stressed.
Mr Hassan noted that after the declaration of results of the elections by INEC, the EAC will issue a final statement on its findings. This statement, along with periodic updates as the elections unfold, will be widely disseminated across social and traditional media platforms for the information of election stakeholders and the public.