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Noah Echa Attah

Noah Echa Attah is dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Federal University, Kashere, Nigeria. He is a 2017 APN Individual Research Grant recipient. Prof. Attah holds a PhD and an MA in History from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, as well as a BA in History from Lagos State University, Ojo, Nigeria. He is also a 2012 African Humanities Programme of the American Council of Learned Society Postdoctoral Fellow. His research focus is on agrarian studies, environmental studies, and conflicts over land. He has published extensively, including co-editing Critical Perspectives on Peace, Conflict and Warfare in Africa and editing Philosophy, Islamic Culture and Society in Nigeria, as well as authoring chapters in several books and over twenty journal articles.

Democracy, Development and Governance

The Postponement of the 2019 Nigerian Elections: Implications for Democracy, Peace, and Security

Noah Echa Attah·

February 22, 2019

Newspaper vendor outside a polling station during the 2011 elections in Nigeria. Photo by Commonwealth Secretariat

This article explores the implications—for democracy, peace, and security—of the postponement of Nigeria’s 2019 elections, initially set for February 16…