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MakeYourVotesCount.org (MY-VC.org) is a non-partisan grassroots-based project of the Youth Media & Communication Initiative (YMCI), Transparency & Anti-corruption Campaign in Africa (TRACA) and the African Centre of Media Literacy (ACML). The project aims to put the issue of free, fair and transparent elections on the front burner of the national political agenda.

The non-commitment of various stakeholders to making votes count during elections remains the greatest challenge of the Nigerian nation. It is responsible for the malfeasance in government, corruption, lack of accountability, etc. Once politicians know that the votes of citizens count, they will be wary of their actions. It means that corrupt and non-performing office holders will be voted out at the next election.

MakeYourVotesCount.org believes the essence of democracy is to ensure that your votes should decide the outcomes of elections, and by extension the kinds of leaders that will come to power. Our electoral system must ensure that parties compete for votes based on laid down rules. It must give voters a stronger stake in the choice of leaders. People need to feel that their votes count and that they are being listened to.
   
AREAS OF FOCUS
  

MakeYourVotesCount.org project works in the following areas to meet its objectives:

  • Voter education and 'get-out-the-vote' campaign

This campaign will involve using ICT to ensure that adults and youths, particularly first-time voters are encouraged to register and vote. 

  • Meet the candidates campaign

Through town hall meetings, workshops, public presentations, the special “Democracy question time” platform, etc, voters ge t up close and personal with candidates to discuss how to avert violence and secure votes during elections.

  • Make Your Vote Count campaign 

This campaign will be a platform and opportunity for youth working with local community groups, faith groups, NGOs and the public to discuss how they can make their votes count both at party primaries and national elections.

  • Election monitoring Campaign 

This campaign will involve training youth using ICT to act as election monitors to ensure credible elections.

 
OUR TEAM

Abuja – Head Office

Coordinator: Chido Onumah

Director: Lewis Asubiojo

Program Officer: Godspower Onumaegbu

Program Officer: Taiwo Adebowale

Admin Officer: Solomon Akpe

Yetunde Aladejana: Volunteer

 

Owerri Centre

Director: Dr . Lambert Onumaegbu

Program Officer: Joy Amadi

Program Officer: Nonso Alozie

 

Lagos Centre

Director: Uzodinma Nwaogbe

Program Officer: Alloysius Eze

 

OUR BOARD MEMBERS

Professor Manjunath Pendakur - Professor and Dean, Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, U.S.A.

Professor Andy Knight – Professor of International relations, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta, Canada.

Dr. Edwin Madunagu- Mathematician, author, journalist, and currently Executive Director, Calabar International Institute for Research, Information & Documentation (CINSTRID).

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu - A stute erstwhile chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigeria's foremost anticorruption agency.

Hon. Uche Onyeagocha: Lawyer, civil rights activist and former member of the Federal House of Representatives .

Ms. Jamilah Tangaza – Head, Hausa Service, British Broadcasting Corporation, (BBC), London.

Ms. Adesuwa Onyenokwe – Celebrated journalist and broadcaster. A fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation, Ms. Onyenokwe has produced and hosted a number of qualitative programs on the Nigeria television Authority (NTA), Africa's largest TV network.

Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi - Current Enterprise Editor of NEXT (234next.com) and former Policy Director at the Nigerian anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Ms. Ibim Semenitari - Award winning journalist, editor and founder of the influential Business Eye magazine. Ms. Semenitari is currently commissioner of information, Rivers State, Nigeria.

 

Makeyourvotescount.org is supported by:

Transparency and Anti-corruption Campaign in Africa; Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism; Foundation for Transparency & Accountability; Africa Centre for Media Literacy; National Decision for Democracy; Search & Groom Youth for Development Centre; Social Action; United Nigeria Citizens Initiative; Centre for Public Policy on Research; Basic Rights Action; Community Policing Partners For Justice, Security & Democratic Reform.

 
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