Redefining Relevance, Regaining Leadership: TMG Strategic Plan 2013-2018 (Download)
TMG's Mission
The mission of the group is To promote the development and practice of democratic values and to monitor democratic institutions and the electoral process.
TMG's Aims and Objectives
The aims and objectives of the group's work include the following:
- To develop integrity in the electoral process by monitoring and reporting on the prosecution of the political programme;
- To observe and monitor the conduct of elections in Nigeria;
- To promote accountability, transparency and responsiveness among political leaders and in the public sector;
- To encourage and promote participation of citizens especially of women and other marginalized or vulnerable groups in the political process;
- To assist in capacity building for member organizations;
- To provide civic education and democratic capacity building for public institutions;
- To encourage wider dissemination of voter education materials;
- To advocate and campaign for the promulgation of human rights-compliant and people oriented legislatio
To achieve its set goals and objectives, TMG carries out the following activities: civic and voter education programmes, election monitoring, publication of reports on the conduct of elections and other activities in the electoral process, conducting research, holding conferences, seminars and training workshops. As part of the desire to ensure accountability in governance, TMG is seeking to implement a project under its post-election programme that will create the means for citizen's to make input in policies and legislation through their representatives as well as monitor the implementation of government programmes in Nigeria.