In FIDA’s preliminary statement on women’s participation in the presidential and national assembly elections, obtained by Information Nigeria on Saturday and signed by Amina Agbaje, FIDA National President, the cases of female underage voting were confirmed in “polling unit 003, Ward 1, Zaria LGA” and “polling unit 006, Ijabo ward, Oyun LGA, Kwara State.”
FIDA Nigeria, in the situation room in Abuja, monitored the elections in Borno, Plateau, Kaduna and Kwara states, with support from United Nations Women and the Government of Canada under the Advance Women Political Participation Project.
“An election monitoring tool was administered by our accredited observers at their respective polling units while leveraging on partnerships with other civil society actors in observing, documenting, and reporting women participation and incidences of violence perpetrated against women.
