Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room information

Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room is a coalition of over 70 civil society organisations that monitor Nigeria's electoral process and elections across the country.^[1] Situation Room undertakes regular analysis and dissemination of information on major developments and events relating to the conduct of elections in Nigeria.^[2] It supports coordination and synergy amongst election stakeholders. The focal objectives of Situation Room are to improve the quality of Nigeria's electoral system and strengthen civil society organisations’ capacity to better engage and monitor the electoral process.^[3]^[4]

Situation Room was founded in 2010 in the buildup to the 2011 Nigeria general elections. Situation Room secretariat is hosted by Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), a civil society organisation founded by Clement Nwankwo. Situation Room provides a forum for advance planning, scenario building, evidence based analysis, constructive engagement with various stakeholders in the electoral process and observation of elections. It intervenes in the electoral process by promoting collaboration, proactive advocacy and escalating incidents during elections.^[5]^[6]

In its election observation exercise, a physical Election Situation Room is set up as Communication Room consisting of an Analysts’ Room and a Technical Room. The Analysts Room consists of experts in democracy and governance issues, while the Technical Room consists of a Call Centre and a Social Media desk. Situation Room deploys field observers nationwide for general elections and across any State holding off-cycle governorship elections. The observers send in reports to the Communication Room, which are subsequently verified and published on Situation Room’s social media platforms. Reported Incidents are escalated to relevant election stakeholders, usually INEC and security agencies, and followed up to ensure that they are resolved.^[7] Situation Room then issue statements based on reports received from field observers.^[8]^[9] Its preliminary statements often focus on issues such as logistics challenges (non-availability or late arrival of electoral materials), security issues, intimidation and inducement of voters, calling on appropriate authorities to take immediate actions to curtail such issues.^[10] Situation Room also monitors collation and transmission of election data up to the declaration of winners; processes which it often describes as the ‘weak link’ in the Nigerian electoral system.^[11]

During the 2019 general elections, Situation Room recruited, trained and deployed about 8,000 election observers across Nigeria's 36 States and its capital Abuja, who monitored presidential, parliamentary and State elections and sent in reports from the field to the Situation Room Election Hub located at Transcorp Hillton Hotel, Abuja. For the 2019 general elections, Situation Room launched an App called Zabe which field observers used to transmit election data from Ward Collation Centres across the country to the Situation Room for analysis. In addition to the Analysts and Technical Rooms, there was a Fusion Centre in the Election Situation Room, where data clerks were stationed to receive reports from field observers deployed for the Ward Collation observation project that Situation Room embarked on, in collaboration with the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) West Africa.^{[citation needed]}

^ "POLICY BRIEF-CIVIL SOCIETY SITUATION ROOM AND NIGERIA'S 2019 ELECTIONS; ISSUES AND PATHWAYS". Partners West Africa Nigeria. 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
^ Therkelsen, Daniel (2019-02-26). "Conduct of the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly Elections on 23 February 2019". SDN. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
^ Nigeria, News Agency of (2019-03-24). "CSOs condemn abuse of supplementary electoral processes by politicians". TODAY. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
^ Nigeria, News Agency of (2019-03-10). "Electoral violence: Situation Room call for compensation for victims". TODAY. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
^ "Situation Room expresses concern over poor conduct of elections by INEC". apanews.net (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-24.
^ "How to end electoral violence in Nigeria — Stakeholders". The Sun Nigeria. 2019-12-26. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
^ "Situation Room: Over 260 killed in pre-election violence". TheCable. 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
^ "Situation Room: Saturday polls worse than 2015 elections". TheCable. 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
^ "#NigeriaDecides: Statement by the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room on commencement of 2015 national elections - Premium Times Nigeria". 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
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[1] "POLICY BRIEF-CIVIL SOCIETY SITUATION ROOM AND NIGERIA'S 2019 ELECTIONS; ISSUES AND PATHWAYS". Partners West Africa Nigeria. 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2020-03-09.

[2] Therkelsen, Daniel (2019-02-26). "Conduct of the 2019 Presidential and National Assembly Elections on 23 February 2019". SDN. Retrieved 2020-03-09.

[3] Nigeria, News Agency of (2019-03-24). "CSOs condemn abuse of supplementary electoral processes by politicians". TODAY. Retrieved 2020-03-09.

[4] Nigeria, News Agency of (2019-03-10). "Electoral violence: Situation Room call for compensation for victims". TODAY. Retrieved 2020-03-09.

[5] "Situation Room expresses concern over poor conduct of elections by INEC". apanews.net (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-24.

[6] "How to end electoral violence in Nigeria — Stakeholders". The Sun Nigeria. 2019-12-26. Retrieved 2020-06-24.

[7] "Situation Room: Over 260 killed in pre-election violence". TheCable. 2019-02-22. Retrieved 2020-06-24.

[8] "Situation Room: Saturday polls worse than 2015 elections". TheCable. 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2020-03-09.

[9] "#NigeriaDecides: Statement by the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room on commencement of 2015 national elections - Premium Times Nigeria". 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2020-03-24.

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