Nigeria, July 9 -- Only 41 per cent of Nigerians trust State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) to conduct free and fair local government elections, a new report by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has said.

The report, titled "From Apathy to Action: A Reform Blueprint for SIECs and Community-Level Democracy", is the latest edition (Volume 5, Issue 2) of HEDA's Leadership Approval Rating (LAR) series and was officially launched on Wednesday in Lagos.

The survey, conducted in June 2025, sampled 1,428 Nigerians across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

It found that while 87 per cent of respondents correctly identified SIECs as the statutory agencies responsible for local election...