The network
Organised by the people who already live there.
A movement that has to send someone in from outside for every activity is not a network. It is a travelling team. This is the structure that makes the difference, and the geography it is sized against.
The register we organise against
The geography that exists.
These are INEC's published figures for the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory. They describe the ground the movement works on. They are not a claim about how much of it we cover.
- Northern zones
- 3
- States + FCT
- 19 + 1
- LGAs
- 419
- Polling units
- 93,995
No ward figure appears anywhere on this site. INEC counts 8,809 Registration Areas nationally but publishes no per-state breakdown, and the widely circulated “9,410 wards” counts local government council wards, which are a different thing. There is no northern ward number we can source honestly, so there is none here.
How it is structured
Seven levels, and scope narrows all the way down.
National coordination sets direction. Zone and state coordinators carry it. LGA, ward and community organisers run the activity where they live. A ward coordinator organises their ward, not a spreadsheet of somebody else's.
Assignments travel down the ladder. Evidence, in photographs, attendance and field notes, travels back up it. That is the whole mechanism, and it is why the structure survived the end of the campaign that built it.
How we organise- 01North
- 02Zone
- 03State
- 04LGA
- 05Ward
- 06Community
- 07Polling Unit
The three northern zones
Nineteen states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Every state below, with its constitutionally fixed LGA count and its INEC polling-unit delimitation. States marked as documented are those for which there is a photograph on this site showing the work.
Zone 1
North West
- States
- 7
- LGAs
- 186
- Polling units
- 41,671
| State | LGAs | Polling units | Documented |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jigawa | 27 | 4,522 | · |
| Kaduna | 23 | 8,012 | Yes |
| Kano | 44 | 11,222 | Yes |
| Katsina | 34 | 6,652 | Yes |
| Kebbi | 21 | 3,743 | · |
| Sokoto | 23 | 3,991 | Yes |
| Zamfara | 14 | 3,529 | · |
Zone 2
North East
- States
- 6
- LGAs
- 112
- Polling units
- 24,806
| State | LGAs | Polling units | Documented |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adamawa | 21 | 4,104 | · |
| Bauchi | 20 | 5,423 | Yes |
| Borno | 27 | 5,871 | · |
| Gombe | 11 | 2,988 | · |
| Taraba | 16 | 3,597 | · |
| Yobe | 17 | 2,823 | · |
Zone 3
North Central
- States
- 7
- LGAs
- 121
- Polling units
- 27,518
| State | LGAs | Polling units | Documented |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benue | 23 | 5,106 | · |
| Kogi | 21 | 3,508 | Yes |
| Kwara | 16 | 2,887 | · |
| Nasarawa | 13 | 3,256 | Yes |
| Niger | 25 | 4,950 | Yes |
| Plateau | 17 | 4,989 | Yes |
| Federal Capital TerritoryFCT | 6 | 2,822 | · |
Where the record is documented
Nine states, down to the local government.
Taken from the location banners on the photographs published on this site. It is deliberately conservative: it is not what we have reached, it is what we can show you.
North West
Sokoto
- State-wide activity
North West
Katsina
- Kankia LGA
- Dutsinma LGA
- Shinkafi community
North West
Kano
- Kano chapter
North West
Kaduna
- Kachia LGA
- Soba LGA
North East
Bauchi
- Ganduwa LGA
North Central
Plateau
- Bassa LGA
North Central
Niger
- Niger chapter
North Central
Kogi
- Okpo LGA
- Olamaboro LGA
- Dekina LGA
- Ofu LGA
North Central
Nasarawa
- Dausu ward, Toto LGA
Becoming a coordinator
We train the local leader rather than deploy a stranger.
A three-day Leadership Workshop on Strategic Grassroots Mobilisation, held in Jos, equipped coordinators with the strategies for organising and engaging their own communities. That model is what makes the structure hold between elections.
Most people who join can already do one of the things the movement needs, in the place they already live. Experience helps and is not the requirement. The requirement is that you are there, and that the community knows you.
Join the networkThere is a level of this you can run.
The ladder runs 7 levels deep: North, Zone, State, LGA, Ward, Community, Polling Unit. Tell us which one you are standing on.