An Initial Assessment: Nigeria’s Elections

by CMU Center for International Policy & Innovation (

Dr. Jendayi Frazer, Distinguished Public Service Professor and Director of CIPI, was featured on an upcoming panel to discuss Nigeria’s parliamentary elections, which were held April 16, 2011. The Atlantic Council, Africare, and Carnegie Mellon University are sponsoring the event: “An Initial Assessment: Nigeria’s Elections.”

The panel was held Tuesday, April 19, 2011, from 3:00 pm-5:00 pm at The Atlantic Council’s Washington D.C. offices (1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 1100).

Panelists included:

* Ambassador Jendayi Frazer, Distinguished Public Service Professor and CIPI Director, Carnegie Mellon University; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs;

* H.E. Nasir El-Rufai, Former Nigerian Minister of the Federal Capital Territory;

* Dr. Gwendolyn Mikell, Professor of Anthropology and Foreign Service, Georgetown University;

* Mr. Reno Omokri, Founder, Build Up Nigeria Project;

* Dr. J. Peter Pham, Director, Michael S. Ansari Africa Center;

* Professor Pat Utomi, Director, Lagos Business School; Presidential Candidate, Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP);

* Moderator: Ambassador Robin Sanders, International Affairs Advisor, Africare, and Former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria.

For more details, view the related news article on the CIPI website.