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"Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Elections: What Happened and What's Next?"
Speakers:
Rita Kiki Edozie, Interim Dean, The John W. McCormack School of Policy and Global Studies; Professor of Global Governance, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Abiodun Baiyewu, Country Director, Global Rights Nigeria.
Muhammad Ali Pate, Co-Chair and Julio Frank Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Moderators:
Gbemisola Abiola, Graduate Student Associate. PhD Candidate, Department of African and African American Studies and Department of Anthropology, Harvard University.
Destiny Ogedegbe, LLM Candidate, Harvard Law School.
Contact:
Gbemisola Abiola
gabiola@g.harvard.edu
Destiny Ogedegbe
dogedegbe@llm23.law.harvard.edu
Summary:
A country of about 200+million people, 250 ethnic groups, 18 political parties, 4 frontline candidates spread across the three major ethnicities, with about 94 million registered voters, and almost 40 percent of these voters being under 35, Nigeria’s recently concluded 2023 presidential elections have been deemed as an epochal moment in the history of its democracy. Events leading up to the election- the electoral process, results of the election, and the declaration of the winner-, have been at the vanguard of several political debates. Ensuing events - protests from aggrieved political parties, legal challenges to the legitimacy of the elections, and varying dissenting opinions across the Nigerian populace, remain closely monitored by local, regional, and international observers. Join us as we x-ray ongoing events and analyze the aftermath on the Nigerian polity.
Nigerian food will be served.
