Nigeria: On Consolidation of Democracy and Credible Elections

opinion

Abuja — The Alliance for Credible Elections (ACE-Nigeria), founded in August 8, 2006, became a radical departure from the prevailing pacifist engagement for electoral reform. At the helms of the vision and leadership for this novel approach to the struggle for electoral clean up in Nigeria was Comrade Emma Ezeazu. Given his experience in the student union movement where he served the longest term as the President of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Ezeazu, beyond routine media releases, deployed a more robust engagement with managers of Nigeria's electoral space.

The Nigerian people were at the heart of Comrade Ezeazu's push for electoral reform. In its early days, ACE-Nigeria released media adverts calling for free subscription by Nigerians to the movement for electoral sanctity. Comrade Ezeazu's desire for popular ownership of the struggle for electoral reform was echoed by the quality of mass based groups that provided the core partnership for the recovery of electoral rectitude.

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