ADOPTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO SOLVE ELECTORAL CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) to solve electoral challenges in Nigeria. AI can assist in data management and result collation, enabling faster and more efficient processing, reducing human errors, and enhancing transparency. The adoption of artificial intelligence in Nigeria electoral systems is a growing global trend which has been of use among most developed countries for a free, fair and credible elections The objectives of the study were to address electoral irregularities, find out voters perceptions and acceptance towards the deployment of artificial intelligence and investigate the citizens on how artificial intelligence can curb electoral challenges. This study made use of quantitative method and a survey method was used to analyze the data derived from respondents through administered of questionnaires online. A total number of 385 eligible voters were administered questionnaires online, subjecting the population to the krejcie and Morgan table. The study found out that there is positive responses and acceptance from the respondents towards the deployment of artificial intelligence to curb electoral irregularities in Nigeria. Also, there’s a positive outlook among respondents that adopting artificial intelligence can bring about transparent, free, and fair elections to Nigeria. The study therefore recommends that there should be effective rules and regulations guiding the use of AI in the electoral process and employ well trained personnel in the system for transparency and accountability, there should be no network glitch while transmitting the results online, there should be enough security so there won’t be any form of hacking, there’s still need for more voter education towards the use of these mechanisms in a violent free society, the governing body of the electoral process should be totally independent, and the leaders should not be appointed by the government of the day.