Nigerian communication teachers and practitioners under the aegis of the Consortium of Nigerian Communication Experts (CoNCE) on Saturday, March 25, listed 14 major challenges with the just-concluded presidential election.
They concluded that many things went wrong, although there were some positive outcomes as well.
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The experts, who featured 12 leaders of professional bodies and regulatory agencies in the Communication sector as guest speakers, critically and objectively analyzed the recent presidential election campaigns and the results of the voting. They resolved that there were at least 14 major deficits that that must be addressed in future electioneering campaigns and elections.
224 registered to attend the Assessment workshop as participants on Zoom.
Among the things that were adjudged to have gone wrong in the lead-up to the presidential election were:
Relating to the conduct of voting in the presidential election, the transmission, and the eventual announcement of the final results, the participants observed as follows:
5 Recommendations From CONCE:
The participants, therefore, recommended that:
The 12 Speakers who extensively analysed the issues:
The assessment workshop – the fifth in the series of communication engagements that were designed to examine the various uses of communication in the 2023 election cycle – had 12 speakers representing different organizations, including Ms. Tolulope Olorundero of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and Nigerian Women in Public Relations; Professor Abdullahi Bashir, President, African Council for Communication Education (ACCE) and Ms. Bunmi Oke, Past-President, Association of Advertising Agencies in Nigeria (AAAN).
Other speakers include:
About the CONCE
The Consortium of Nigerian Communication Experts (CONCE) is the umbrella network of academic and professional communication associations and individual patriotic Nigerians who are committed to the purposeful uses of communication in all its aspects and ramifications to promote sustainable social development through research, education, capacity building, and advocacy. Members are nonpartisan and have no ideological or political party affiliation
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