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votes are being counted in Nigeria's


most competitive presidential election


for decades the process has been largely


peaceful although there have been some


reports of violence in Lagos much of the


counting is taking place by hand though


in some areas electronic voting machines


are being used the outcome isn't


expected till Monday at the earliest


with pre-election opinion polls


suggesting three candidates are in a


close race well I got more on this from


my colleague Peter a quarter who's in


Abuja and he told us more about the


election traditionally in Nigeria


they've had two parties that have


dominated the political scene but this


year there was a a game changer in the


third contestant Peter will be who out


of nowhere used social media to


Galvanize the Youth of this country the


youth make up 70 percent of the


electorate and they want to change so


yes it's now a three-horse race for


those elections as you mentioned they


did go rather peacefully in most of the


country but there were pockets of


violence in Lagos in Bayelsa state which


is in the oil producing Niger Delta but


we've just heard from the head of the


Electoral commission here in Nigeria


Mahmoud yakubu he acknowledged that


there were some problems but said


accounting has begun and hopefully by


tomorrow or early Tuesday we shall we


should begin to get an idea of who the


next president of Nigeria is


and Peter whoever wins facing faces some


really daunting challenges and and huge


problems in Nigeria


you're right Ben I mean uh sometimes you


wonder why anyone will want to be the


president of this country simply because


of the problems the plethora of problems


here in Nigeria insecurity is Right


kidnappings for ransoms there's a


secessionist movement in the southeast


of the country in the Northwest there's


banditry then there's a huge cash crunch


simply because a few weeks ago the


government decided to replace the old


naira notes that's the local currency


but when people took their notes to the


banks to change them to the new ones


there was a shortage so there's a huge


cash shortage here in Nigeria there's


the cost of living crisis brought upon


by the war in Ukraine as well as the


covid-19


pandemic so yes a lot of problems on the


entry of whoever wins these elections


and Peter just a last thought I mean how


significant do you think these elections


are in terms of democracy in Africa as a


whole and as an example of a really


competitive election it's good for the


continent


absolutely I mean I had a chat with the


former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta


who's here in Nigeria as the head of the


African Union Observer Mission and he


said listen this is a huge democracy the


largest country uh on the continent by


population 87


000 million people are beg your pardon


eligible to vote and he said if Nigeria


gets it right that means the rest of


Africa get it right so elections of huge


significance here in Nigeria Ben


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votes are being counted in Nigeria's


most competitive presidential election


for decades the process has been largely


peaceful although there have been some


reports of violence in Lagos much of the


counting is taking place by hand though


in some areas electronic voting machines


are being used the outcome isn't


expected till Monday at the earliest


with pre-election opinion polls


suggesting three candidates are in a


close race well I got more on this from


my colleague Peter a quarter who's in


Abuja and he told us more about the


election traditionally in Nigeria


they've had two parties that have


dominated the political scene but this


year there was a a game changer in the


third contestant Peter will be who out


of nowhere used social media to


Galvanize the Youth of this country the


youth make up 70 percent of the


electorate and they want to change so


yes it's now a three-horse race for


those elections as you mentioned they


did go rather peacefully in most of the


country but there were pockets of


violence in Lagos in Bayelsa state which


is in the oil producing Niger Delta but


we've just heard from the head of the


Electoral commission here in Nigeria


Mahmoud yakubu he acknowledged that


there were some problems but said


accounting has begun and hopefully by


tomorrow or early Tuesday we shall we


should begin to get an idea of who the


next president of Nigeria is


and Peter whoever wins facing faces some


really daunting challenges and and huge


problems in Nigeria


you're right Ben I mean uh sometimes you


wonder why anyone will want to be the


president of this country simply because


of the problems the plethora of problems


here in Nigeria insecurity is Right


kidnappings for ransoms there's a


secessionist movement in the southeast


of the country in the Northwest there's


banditry then there's a huge cash crunch


simply because a few weeks ago the


government decided to replace the old


naira notes that's the local currency


but when people took their notes to the


banks to change them to the new ones


there was a shortage so there's a huge


cash shortage here in Nigeria there's


the cost of living crisis brought upon


by the war in Ukraine as well as the


covid-19


pandemic so yes a lot of problems on the


entry of whoever wins these elections


and Peter just a last thought I mean how


significant do you think these elections


are in terms of democracy in Africa as a


whole and as an example of a really


competitive election it's good for the


continent


absolutely I mean I had a chat with the


former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta


who's here in Nigeria as the head of the


African Union Observer Mission and he


said listen this is a huge democracy the


largest country uh on the continent by


population 87


000 million people are beg your pardon


eligible to vote and he said if Nigeria


gets it right that means the rest of


Africa get it right so elections of huge


significance here in Nigeria Ben


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