“Our mission is to ensure that every innovation strengthens, not undermines, the legitimacy of Nigeria’s elections,” Chidoka said. The former minister of Aviation said that a key highlight of the October event will be the formal launch of the Athena Electoral Observatory, which he described as a permanent platform for electoral accountability. “The Athena Electoral Observatory will serve as Nigeria’s independent lens on elections, objective, evidence-based, and citizen-focused. We are going to be looking at all the technology INEC has introduced and how it has functioned in our electoral journey. “This offers us an opportunity to ensure that what is good with the INEC technology is sustained.