conflicts and to find out because single 1000 is a willing, emergent conflict in ukraine. the european war intent voices rushes war in ukraine. one years since the invasion began we take a little back and into the future. in the new money flow green. in february on d, w ah, this is d that brittany is africa with a special program from nigeria where an upcoming election could set this country on a new path. in the face of multiple crises and among nigerians is palpable. so could this vote to pick a new president awaken the giant in africa's biggest economy, the race to replace muhammad to bori is focusing in on 3 candidates nigeria and

needs fixing. so who among them can get the job done. more young people have registered to vote in this election than ever before. we will hear from the youth which could decide this election and the escalating cash shortage will be the most immediate challenge for the new president. the prices has triggered and risked with people protesting and burning back. no, you cannot fix your money. i thought it was kind of goldman. we're all on great. we're all on weight. well, on greek with the votes that can be bought in this election will tell you who was selling them and at what price? ah hello from city gates in a borgia i'm christine moon, do i? it is good to have your company. now,

jerry's election on the 25th of february could be a turning point for the country. we will be hearing from people about what is at stake for them in this vote. mom a double. harry is leaving office off to 2 terms, and he hands over a country that is on the brink. the economy is under performing, an employment and inflation are soaring with millions living in abject poverty. security remains a major problem. islamist insurgents, all waging tara north and criminal gangs, or kidnapping people, including school children for ransom. this is africa's biggest oil producer, yet it suffers feel scarcity. so who thinks they're up to the monumental task of fixing nigeria is problems. officially, there are 18 candidates, but only 3 had a realistic chance. here's my colleague for our shaquilla was more oh, the governing,

apc is fielding bala. i met cinnapool. he is a former governor and political godfather of nigeria commercial hub lagos. he points to his record of shaping the regions or band development and economy group. but he's also been accused of corruption claims he denies single voice pledging to continue. many policies of current presidents were ha, medical hurry, like big government spending and a clear focus on industrialization and agriculture. ru, oh i the main opposition p d. p is running with attic. who are backer? a former vice president. he selling himself as the man with the most experienced, but he too is subject to allegations of grafts. he's proposing

a lean gov means and the private sector driven economy that would focused on boosting small businesses. he also wants to strengthen national unity by devolving power. a london park will decide not to remind you to know what one man could yet provide nigeria with a political upset, pulse put, former governor peter will be up among the to run us a 1st for his labor party abuse. promising spending cost investments and agriculture reforms to restart trust in the police and 0 tolerance for corruption. he denies media allegations of secret business dealings. his tapped into massive support from young people who said they are tired of the status school. oh, oh,

oh. oh, who ever wins nigeria most contested election would take on a challenging job with nigeria as worsening. economic and security problems at the top of the list. one of the most pressing challenges is the countries shortage of hard cash. the government decided to replace the local currency with new bank notes, leading to a scarcity of money, and triggering violent unrest across the country. i went out to see for myself what impact the lack of cash was having on daily life. i am outside a bank in central, a boucher people have been doing for our was trying to withdraw money. you'll see crowds gathered outside virtually any 80 m that is dispensing cache. some people are even sleeping outside of bags just to be 1st in line. now if you do get a turn, you can only withdraw

a maximum of 10000 niagara. that's about 20 us dollars. and this is our own want option. um, so for i don't know on a mom gross program to have trucks go out drinking water or hot new markets, well above our federal reduced money. the shortage of cash came after the government introduced newly designed notes of the local currency. the narrow, the central bank, which you see behind me said the measure was mentor, flash out fake money from the system and to tackle inflation and corruption by reducing the amount of money held outside of banks. so initially people were given a 6 week period to deposit their old notes in the bank off to which those old notes would no longer be accepted. the problem is it's very difficult to get your hands on the new notes because there aren't enough of them in circulation. while some people are able to make see payments using mobile money transfers and digital banking 1000000, small con, 6 in 10. nigerians don't have

a bank account now at places like this vendors who trade in the informal sick to have told me they mostly rely on cash to conduct their business. many people have got to have got to do on monday. did rituals. so asked now why that does this? although jackson, president mohammed do bar, he promised to sold the crisis but wheat sun and the situation has only worse. and now the countries highest court got involved in the matter. it rolled that the old notes could still be used as legal tender even past the deadline that was given by the central bank. but traders won't accept the old notes because they're losing value. and there's a black market where you can buy the new notes. but you have to pay a premium. for 3 years ago in 2020 young people fell the streets of nigeria, furious at police brutality and poor government. this place, unity fountain in

a butcher is one of the places where people turned out to protest. they were protesting against the notorious police unit hoard saws. the protest went down in history as the end saws movements to day the grass roots movement has been mobilizing to encourage more young people to vote, and 10000000 new voices have registered. as most of them are below the age of 35, this could be a game changer in the selection deeds of news. barraged to cora met one of the organisers and takes a look at how young nigerians are turning political. oh, this is new. a political riley full of young people, infuriated by named jerry as failing economy, security, health and educational systems. we are calling for fundamental change and as elections approach, these people c, b, t r o b is the right candidate for the job. 7 6

this is mark, you know, segment. although i own rob tara, this u. r o we had no, i've been added to what it under to go like he got to go forward to gun like, put a new face that changed who really wants in the country. yes. begun to be done. if you've diag are those and thought we are finished. got from this like this point is gone for. this is where the fresh political engagement is rooted. 3 years ago people field nigeria, streets with fury at police brutality and back governance. the are rallying coal yet and stars in notorious police units. the mass demonstrations attracted all ages. i show you so full says she took part for the next generation. i want the nigeria of to be when i did i use of to day to be able

to have the nigeria that i say you wanted to how, but i never got an hour that i'll fight this fly, then leave the spice for my children. i'll ride that puts my life on the line. do all i need to do and show like i get the country that i need to get rather than just sitting down and doing nothing. and then some years from now my to don't be the ones having to fight for the most basic things like don kilo. so glen, i know she's risks her life with her act to visit this picture of her and kneeling in front of young protest as in a boucher as police fired shots and tear gas became a symbol for revolting against bad governance. at the time that the police were coming out to outside been, i came to look for them. i said to the police, you feel going to school. any of them you have to put up will actually 1st she was not injured. but armed men, shots, and cute protest,

as at the lackey tall gates in league roofs, it's donned many young people. but they're so full says she's delighted to see young people steal, engaging in politics, and ready to vote. it's such deprived happiness. i'm elated at what is happening right now because this is the 9 today youth taking ownership of the attention and coming out to say that they mata and they're going to ensure that everybody gets it loud and clear. no matter how peter will be performed on the election, de useful says the facts are young people are making their voices heard means they have already won. he watching d. w. news africa. we're looking ahead to the election here in nigeria. let's get some analysis now. and for that, i'm joined by matson over know he is a political analysts, as well as the human rights lawyer. thank you for being on the program martin. we

know that more young people than ever before have registered to take part in this election. will young people make the difference? young people can make a difference in this election idea will definitely make a difference in the selection because most of the things are happening. nigeria affects them. and so the, the transfer of aggression from the suffering and the employment that's going on either affecting them. and so i see that this election is going to make a difference because they will definitely come out. and if you look at the statistics of the highest number of votes in terms of the move, i mean what has in terms of how this model number of registered, what's happened demography. you see that young people actually have more more in the voter register. so the election definitely be determined by young people who feel that's nigeria hasn't given them what they really deserve. this there's a lot of excitement around peter o be specifically among the youth. is he the knights in shining armor that many people think he is? he looks like a mattress. i know most of the elections,

however, but in terms of bit, you know, these candidates, he does not put through that kind of depths, especially in terms of providing proper economic solutions. when you listen to him talk, he tells you i'm going to change or transform that year for consumption to production . but the problem, the question is how do you know how to work that when you ask him about insecurity, the level of insecurity nigeria and how he hopes to, you know, prevents insecurity code insecurity. he tells you skipping these, these chess doesn't want to let itself, well, that's not how it works, right? you tell people how you want them to vote how you fix the situation. so for example, if you want to fix the carrier 3 major, they took about division of the most major police deposit dimension on police and chorus, state police in the major and the proof, the major police force including the niger and equip intelligence. gotcha. and, you know, decide these things as you say, through your lecture. it's for them to know you don't tell them that you're keeping

it to your test because it isn't new. so for those who have depth, they are looking at dis month. see if he's not the person, he doesn't have the right solution. as an indirect question, he doesn't have what he really takes to fix my area. and he doesn't have the population to make the elections. we understand that nigeria has a lot of challenges right now. taking over from mama jabari is going to be a monumental task in terms of piecing this country together. what's it going to take and be, can these candidates, any one of them actually live up to that? the 1st 2 things. anybody who is going to win the election was due, will be to 1st of all, give you a sense of belonging to unity of purpose. you know, once you rename it, we'll see you nights the country to come on purpose and go, you'll be able to get the country if you able to give them hope, be able to fix the economy you did with 6 carried on to the rest of us so currently defects and the most important thing is to help met every nigeria and feel like

they're doing is picking this country. unless you do that, every single follow, especially the economy on the security situation. i want us now to look specifically at the issues pertaining to the actual voice. now, martin, the authorities have introduced a new system in undertaking the election. will it help to take care of the issue of quotes or fraud? yes is going to help the credibility of the election because it's held to the people who read the star who are credited to pulling in it. it also helps to check the credibility and integrity of elections in terms of also the biometric. that is the method that is needed to identify who is within and who is not. and also is going to help in terms of the transmission of results. you know, so when results are done on concert, you did the last, you know, form. if he, if he will be taking a picture of it will be picking up transmitter to the so yes,

you're going to help a lot in terms of maintaining the credibility of the elections. do you have any concerns about the integrity of the selection? will this election be free and fair election for me? i can see that the election will be free, unfair, because there's been a lot of steps that i've been a lot that's i've been thinking toward from uncertainty credibility of your election. for example, we now have the biometric system of education and also the electronic transmission of results. however, that is the power that the government has to do. what is right. but then how about the real, you know, on the day of elections, i didn't really willing to conduct a free and fair elections. that's another question we are supposed to. we are asking. and then the 2nd question will be do logistics in terms of, you know, conducting the election. so you will be able to trans ports and transport materials at the right time to the right places at the right location on fame. able to also carry those materials back to read the ought to be safe without interference. so

decide the question. how big is the risk of violence breaking out around the selection because of the nature of the election. so definitely violent and fire lentil, flashpoints in nigeria. and i can see that some of these flash points would be in areas where they got the contestation. so for example, in lagos, where people would be as mickey and c, as in susan, you know, from the, from the christ and company, and also young people. there will be an attempt to try to suppress it with us i'm. they would react. there will also be some level of though the flush lansing reversed it. for example, where the pdp comes to its gov know is fights in the presidential candidates and he supports in another pot to cliff were for co, semantic bazzi. so there will be some level of fights on in that's in reverse it. i'm somewhat puzzled the countries ah minova now thanks very much for your time. ah. with so many struggling to get 5

people are forced to put up for sale, whatever they have and that includes their votes. dw is a mca acoya, traveled to a community in northeast and nigeria where people are offering their votes to the highest bidder. much. he also met one man who's trying to persuade them not to the says, no man in animal estate in a generous north east where volts buying and selling is an open secret. political agents bring money, which trickles through a system of fixes and organizers to individual voters. william clark is the community leader who says, vote buying and selling happens a lot. so he give this people money. on the last we day, agent. once you have agreed to give them vote, the agent will last signal, maybe it may be you or what did or not i did process of with him. you go on, tom,

print your gun. tom, prince de passing. you like a de brushes of fall lint, the ballard paper. you secretly sure the isn't. so did you see what your, what did for the new signal to the, the converse, i'm the old pair, your money digest. what dish of tenable indiscriminate many people are poor and this so what they can include in devotes. this man is one of the few who will admit to it's but as an integral act. so we have concealed his identity on the been this either acrobat or something that i need that i don't have if i'm given it, when i can change my mind and vote for the person, i didn't intend to vote for initially, because i need money. see that that is what is happening in my polling unit. no, that doesn't benefit me because mostly they'll give me 200 nearer for me to sell my vote. it last in the last election. i was given 500 nearer. that's the amount i was given and that's the highest i've gotten me. oh, i do know saburo is

a teacher here. he says politicians exploit and poverty by by votes. ignore us. under we put another ton of poverty by do political it. the people are very poor knows on people and sometimes it would believe that there would doesn't the of what's doesn't count. no disease believed that even if you know what, they're cygwin to give the person that they just feel like given for these what is causing all this. and so be, we'll just let me just call it my share and let me just go, i know to do so people do so dogwood forest lost 200 nero and desired i because i remember during the last a look how government and how much of your lives on that was conducted here. we pu, sold your votes for us last 200 now. right? so 100 narrow us what a votes cough here at that price, i could buy $3.00 votes for this launch, gary, and go to mit. it smells really good by the way, but by it seems to be widespread here, although it's impossible to see how come on it is in other areas of the country. we

them class says he has sin the practice, impoverish his people, and stop the community moving forwards. he is trying to persuade people to use the avoids, not salt them. we're crime as much as people what as possible, because we're going to tell from neither community the youths there my jealous as also where sensitizing them to linda is long time for you not to send your vote with to follow your conscience. go for the right candidate on when the passing you want it. we them, claire is determined to make people see the votes are, was more when used, rather than the sold as many. and my jerry is feel the pinch off a high cost of living and a lack of opportunities, thousands of them on leaving in search of better opportunities elsewhere. those abroad don't have a ballad, but they have already voted with their feet. dw is shown in the wild look sad.

nigeria is brain drain, and meets one young express, now living in berlin. if things were different by whom in nigeria, emanuel says he would never have moved to work in germany. the software developer is one of thousands of skilled workers leave in, in the biggest talent drain nigeria has seen in decades. insecurity is a major reason. a nurse friend of a friend are got cute, all of the sort of just so on. sweeter escape was that nigeria would not and me and the next news was like you was shots. your dyslexia could be now he finds life easier. basic amenities like in, in nigeria like a reliable power supply or abundant here. you also think about the pioneers themes and should also acquire wilds of in so think of all your electricity, the fact that outs lake by a few think of generator and elsewhere by the forgot to him for

a few like counselor walk on the road. i would walk underwood on alms kimball the far going ones like chickens like drinkin soon. but the biggest issue is jobs. most want to move to the u. s. the u. k. and canada. in the u. k alone. what visas reminder as have doubled, says st. in 19, the wave of relocations is triggering concerns about the future of nigeria workforce young people have even coined a term for the migration trend. jacquila a, you're a by word that means run away. it's a hot topic in the elections and lead in candidates have from his change. but can reform candidates like peter will be convinced people like emmanuel to return sounds like the person there is actually seen wants to do something. i don't really think is like extra, i mean, i don't know so much about i just always, i don't think of you as i always actual super own gordon county did my job expansion here in europe or elsewhere can not directly change the situation back home. nigerian law doesn't allow people to vote from outside the country. so once

people have left, while they can do is to encourage the people back home to register and cast their ballots. that's what dr. b from j. peg bow ultima. lou is doing from the you. a, she says getting people to register is only one part of the task. another thing is just reminding people of the track record all he can deal what be, but she made them reveal where the previous traces let them monday, yet happy with those choices. she hopes these elections will lead to urgently needed change well already in trouble. we've been in trouble for a long time. all health care professionals are leaving and they're leaving juice back in berlin. emanuel connects with his friends, he says he makes his home. but moving back is far from his mind. in fact, his friends want to move to one's won't like was to me as bad as i should do in escrow, was shaun whoever wins the election?

they'll struggle to convince people like you man will to believe in that country again. ah, that is, it will now be sure to check out our the stories on d. w dot com, forward slash africa. and now we'll leave you with pitches. i'll be licks and campaign here nigeria, we'll see you next time. bye bye. ah for 3 and

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