TMG calls for accountability and oversight in funding the 2027 general elections
TMG Chairperson Auwal Musa Rafsanjani says adequate INEC funding must be matched by oversight, institutional reform and responsible use of public resources.
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Established 1998 · Over 400 member organisations
Guarding Nigeria's elections since the return to democracy.
TMG is the foremost independent civil-society election observation organisation in Nigeria — a coalition of human-rights and civil-society organisations committed to electoral integrity, citizen participation and democratic governance.
1998
Founded at Nigeria's transition to democracy
400+
Member civil-society organisations
8+
General elections observed
100%
Nonpartisan — politically independent
Our Mission
Democracy, citizen participation, electoral integrity
TMG is committed to the advancement of democracy, the practice of democratic values and citizen participation. The key philosophy is that civic education is cardinal to the empowerment of the people.
What We Do
Our Vision
A Nigeria where people come first
TMG's vision is that of a democratic Nigerian society where the well-being of the people will be the primary concern of governance.
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News & Statements
TMG warns against attempts to undermine the rule of law in electoral-fraud case
TMG warned that efforts to frustrate accountability in a high-profile electoral-fraud conviction risk weakening the rule of law and public trust in Nigeria's democracy.
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TMG calls for investigation of alleged data breach in failed Kogi Central recall
TMG called for a data-protection investigation and forensic verification of voter records connected to the failed recall process.
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Knowledge
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Publications & Reports
TMG Amended Constitution (2015, amended 2016)
The constitution of the Transition Monitoring Group — the supreme law of the organisation — adopted July 2015 and amended, …
Verification Statement of the Official 2015 Presidential Results
TMG's official Quick Count verification statement, based on reports from a representative sample of 1,507 polling units covering every state …
Download →TMG Pre-Election Observation Report — Reporting Period Six
The sixth report in TMG's 2015 pre-election observation series, covering preparations, violence and intimidation, electoral violations and voter-card buying.
Download →TMG Pre-Election Observation Report — Reporting Period One
The first report in TMG's 2014–2015 nationwide pre-election observation series, drawing on locally recruited observers in all 774 LGAs to …
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Programmes
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Selected Work
2024 Edo Governorship Election Observation
A 100-observer election-day deployment supported by digital reporting and an Abuja central data centre.
2023 Kogi Governorship Election Observation
Training and deployment of 42 LGA observers for the November 2023 off-cycle governorship election.
2023 Nationwide Voter Education and Mobilisation Campaign
Market, motor-park and business-district outreach encouraging voter participation and peaceful elections.
2023 General Elections Observation
TMG deployed pre-voting, election-day and post-voting observation checklists (Google Forms) and citizen observers for the 2023 general elections and the 2023 off-cycle …
Partners & Allies
Who we work with
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
European Union (EU)
UK aid / DFID
Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
National Democratic Institute (NDI)
MacArthur Foundation
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
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