By Kenneth Oboh

Citizen Monitors, a new civic-tech platform designed to crowdsource real-time election results from citizens, has concluded Nigeria’s first nationwide digital mock election with strong public participation and system performance.

The mock exercise, held on July 12, 2025, saw users from more than 14 states upload polling-unit sample results, test the platform’s GPS-stamped upload system, and engage the peer-review verification workflow.

The platform recorded over 1,200 active participants, a 92% upload success rate, and a 4.5/5 feedback score, signalling high public trust in the system.

Much of the platform’s technical readiness was driven by Mr. Daniel Osang, Product and Growth Lead, who oversaw the platform’s feature design, user-testing cycles, and pre-launch growth campaigns.

Over a 22-month development period, Daniel coordinated cross-functional engineering and design teams, led multi-state beta testing with more than 700 early users, and refined the user experience using structured feedback and analytics. His work contributed directly to the platform’s stability and nationwide adoption during the mock election.

According to Adeshope Stephen Haastrup, Founder and Head of Product, “Daniel’s leadership in product testing and user growth played a crucial role in ensuring the platform performed reliably under real election conditions. The mock election proved that citizens can participate in transparent digital monitoring at scale.”

The Citizen Monitors team — spanning engineering, operations, communications, and regional coordinators — worked across several months to prepare the system for public use.

The platform now moves into its next phase: expanding volunteer onboarding and scaling public engagement ahead of the Anambra 2025 gubernatorial election.