Voter Education by the Independent National Electoral Commission and Political Participation among Residents of South South, Nigeria

The research work Investigated Voter education by the Independent National Electoral Commission and Political Participation among residents of South South Nigeria. The objective was to ascertain the extent INEC's Voter Education strategy has Promoted Political Participation among residents of South South Nigeria. Sunky research method was used for the study while questionnaire was adopted as data collection instrument. The 30.221.345 residents of South South geopolitical Zone was used as the population of the study form were a sample size of 385 was drawn using the Australian National Bureau of Statistics online sample calculator. The multi stage sampling technique was used for the study while simple percentage were deployed in analyzing the calculated data. Based on the analysis of data findings revealed that INEC's Voter Education messages have not effectively promoted political participation among respondents and this finding is in agreement with Carter Centre for research 2013 revealed that Voter Education has not adequately mobilized the youths for political participation. Based on the findings, the study recommended that INEC Voter Education messages should be well thought out and designed to ensure effective political participation in the electoral process through the use of the combination of traditional, conventional and the social media for optional sensitization. Paleowei Zikena Cletus "Voter Education by the Independent National Electoral Commission and Political Participation among Residents of South-South, Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-3 , June 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/papers/ijtsrd56313.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/56313/voter-education-by-the-independent-national-electoral-commission-and-political-participation-among-residents-of-southsouth-nigeria/paleowei-zikena-cletus