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Party system institutionalization and the 2019 state elections in Nigeria

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Interviews

  • Interview 1. Residential Electoral Commissioner, Lagos, 24 October 2018.
  • Interview 2. Programme manager, NGO working on election observation nationally, Lagos, 11 March 2019.
  • Interview 3. Director, NGO working on democracy, governance and women’s rights, Lagos, 24 October 2018.
  • Interview 4. Director, NGO working on elections and security, Lagos, 13 March 2019.
  • Interview 5. Member of INEC Situation Room, Lagos, 11 March 2019.
  • Interview 6. Staff member, NGO with election observers, Abuja, 20 March 2019.
  • Interview 7. Director, Civil Society Organization based in Rivers State, Lagos, 13 March 2019.
  • Interview 8. Candidate to House of Representatives, Abuja, 4 December 2017.
  • Interview 9. Candidate to State House of Assembly, Lagos, 26 October 2018.
  • Interview 10. Local party branch chair, Lagos, 26 October 2018.
  • Interview 11. Head of Office, NGO working on accountability, justice, and elections, 22 October 2018.
  • Interview 12. Community Leader, party member, Lagos, 15 October 2018.