International engagement will be critical to the success of Nigeria’s elections, but its international partners – in particular the US – appear less engaged than they were four years ago.
About the authors
Matthew T. Page is a consultant and co-author of Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2018). He is an associate fellow with the Africa Programme at Chatham House, a non-resident scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a non-resident fellow with the Centre for Democracy and Development in Abuja. Until recently he was the US intelligence community’s leading Nigeria expert, serving with the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Defense Intelligence Agency, and Marine Corps Intelligence. He also served as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Africa on the National Intelligence Council.
Sola Tayo is a London-based broadcast journalist at the BBC, and is an associate fellow with the Chatham House Africa Programme, specializing in Nigerian politics, media and elections. She has previously worked as an interview producer for Al Jazeera, and as a researcher for BBC News.