2027: Centre pushes for robust voters’ education to tackle misinformation

The Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa, PAACA, has made a case for robust voters’ education to tackle misinformation ahead of the 2027 general elections.

This comes as the Centre raised concern over what it described as the incredible lack of understanding among Nigerians about the legal framework governing elections, warning that this knowledge gap continues to fuel widespread misinformation around electoral processes.

The executive director of the centre, Ezenwa Nwagwu, made this call at a recent event in Kwara State.

According to him, much of the falsehood peddled about Nigeria’s elections is rooted in poor understanding of the laws and procedures guiding the conduct of polls.

“Lack of…