Media Education on Nigeria’s Electoral Laws

Abstract

The study investigated media education on Nigeria’s electoral Act amendments. The survey research design was used to carry out the study. The residents of Enugu State were used as the study’s population from where a sample size of 384 was determined using the Creative Research Systems online sample size calculator. The purposive sampling technique was used to select only those who were exposed to NTA’s political contents after the 2022 amended electoral bill was signed to law. Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study and 384 copies were administered in line with the determined sample size.. The collected data were analyzed using frequency counts and percentages, and presented in tables. Findings revealed that NTA has significantly educated the respondents on the amendment that allows the use of technology in the conduct of elections; NTA has highly educated the respondents concerning the electoral Act amendment on the duration of campaigns by political parties; the extent of NTA’s promotion of public education on the publication of dates for elections by INEC is low; and finally, the extent of NTA’s promotion of public education on overvoting is low. In line with the findings, the study recommended that NTA should intensify efforts in the promotion of public education on the publication of dates for elections by the election management body; NTA should also give adequate attention to effective promotion of public education on overvoting; Further studies should focus on print media to establish print media efforts in this regard.