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Nigeria's 2015 General Elections: giving democracy a chance

Hosted by Africa Talks

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building,

Speaker

Professor Attahiru Jega

Chair

Dr Kate Meagher

This lecture gives the inside story of Nigeria's first successful transfer of power in the contentious 2015 elections that brought the country back from the brink.

Attahiru Jega has just completed his term as Chairman of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission.  He is a professor of Political Science and former Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, and has authored and edited a number of books on democratization in Nigeria.  He also negotiated a landmark agreement for Nigerian academics as President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities during the early 1990s. 

Kate Meagher is Associate Professor of Development Studies at the LSE, specializing in Nigeria, and coordinator of the Africa Talks lecture series. 

Africa Talks is a programme of high-profile events that creates a platform for African voices to inform and transform the global debate. 

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