The National Bureau of statistics, NBS, has said that voting buying increases by 5% in the 2023 general elections.
In its report titled ’Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trends Third Survey On Corruption As Experienced By The Population’, the NBS said the elections recorded 22% of vote buying, which is five per cent higher than the 2019 general elections with 17%.
The NBS also says in 2023, 10% of the people reported that they were not personally offered money or another favour in exchange for their vote, but that instead, another member of their household was approached, compared to 5 per cent in 2019.
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The agency noted that 22% of Nigerian citizens reported that they were personally offered money in exchange of a vote before or during the 2023 general election, while nine% were offered another favour.
The statistics agency described vote-buying as an act of offering money, goods or other favours in exchange for a voter’s vote in an election.
