there is something to learn from nigeria election

1. It broke records - for the wrong reasons

With 73 million able to vote, this could have been Africa's biggest-ever election - but only a third of the electorate showed up.

So what was billed as a record-breaking election did break the records but for an altogether different reason. The 2019 general election recorded the lowest turnout in Nigeria's 20-year history as a democracy.

Nationwide turnout has been on a steady decline since 2003. The general decline - especially in the south - could indicate a decreasing faith in the political establishment and what it can deliver for the people. Voter apathy appears to have set in.