Survey on Youth Perception of the 2011 Election

Nigerians will go to the polls early next year. To gauge the feeling and attitude of Nigerian youth towards the election, MakeYourVotesCount.org is conducting a survey of students in Abuja and Nassarawa State.

It is expected that between 1200 and 1500 students in tertiary institutions in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Nassarawa State will be surveyed.

The result of the survey will be made public and will be used as a basis for engaging students and youth in the political process.

 

MakeYourVotesCount to pay courtesy visit to Minister of State for Information and Communication

M akeYourVotesCount.org will on Thursday, May 13, 2010, pay a courtesy visit to the honourable Minister of Information, Mallam Labaran Maku . The visit is part of an on-going effort to familiarise stakeholders with the programmes and activities of MYVC which aims to make the issue of free, fair and transparent elections the main concern on the national political agenda as well as encourage youth, using ICT, to take active part in the democratic process.

The visit will afford MYVC an opportunity to explain to the honourable minister how new media such as the Internet (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Podcasts, etc) and mobile phones can complement old media as essential tools for enhanced democracy and development in Nigeria.

MYVC believes that using these pop culture tools to communicate with potential voters and supporters is a positive and innovative way to enhance political communication, participation, and outreach.

What YMCI wants to achieve, is to facilitate and motivate youth access to this huge digital platform and new cultural and political communication tool to promote greater awareness and understanding of the political processes and to expose issues and facts that will excite young people and help them make informed decisions during elections.