Africa: Nigeria Post-Election Challenges & Critical Africa Issues Forum in Washington on April 9

Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders
Young Nigerian women line up to vote in north central Nigeria in the March 28, 2015 elections.
7 April 2015
FEEEDS Initiative (Washington, DC)
press release

Washington, DC — FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative, Gallup, and AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com) are hosting a forum Washington, DC on Thursday, April 9th to examine significant issues for the African electorate and Nigeria's recent elections, highlighting data on key sectors important to voters.

The Nigeria Post-Election Challenges & Critical Africa Issues Forum will take place on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at The Gallup Building located at 901 F Street NW, Washington, D.C. The event runs from 2:30-4:00 p.m., with registration beginning at 2:15pm in The Gallup Building lobby.

The event will include data presentations about the @FEEEDS® Index on development issues that African voters are most keen to address. Gallup will present its recent polling on issues that may have played a key role in the electrifying March 28th election victory by Muhamadou Buhari, who won by more than two million votes, making him the first candidate to defeat a sitting incumbent in Nigeria.

Ambassador Robin Sanders, the FEEEDS founder and CEO, who was an international observer during Nigeria's elections, called voters the "super heroes of the elections who engaged fully and turned out in record numbers, while INEC Chairman Jega demonstrated incredible, unflappable leadership." Sanders will present key issues facing the African electorate, and Gallup's Regional Director for Africa, Jay Loschky, will share polling data from Nigeria, particularly on issues that were key in this election along with challenges that the new president will face when inaugurated in May 2015.

Ahead of the April 9th event, Loschky said that low opinion of Goodluck Jonathan's performance against terrorism and corruption made him a vulnerable candidate, while both issues played to Buhari's strengths.

Following the data presentations, an expert panel lead by Dr. Carl LeVan, assistant professor at the American university School of International Service, and Dr. Raymond Gilpin, academic dean at the African Center for Strategic Studies, will provide further analysis and recommendations for Africa and Nigeria, as Africa's most populous country moves past the historic election to the realities of governance.

The event will close with invitees having an opportunity to interact with key data points with associates of both Gallup and FEEEDS.

Click here to RSVP to Gallup for the event. Pre-registration is required.

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