Nigeria: participation in demonstration or protest 2022

In a survey conducted in Nigeria in 2022, more than half of Nigerians declared they did not participate in a demonstration or protest march in the year previous to the inquiry and would never do this. Additionally, about 25 percent of the respondents stated they have not participated in such actions but would do it if they had the chance.

Share of respondents participating in a demonstration or protest march in Nigeria as of 2022

Characteristic	Share of respondents
No, would never do this	64.3%
No, would do it if I had the chance	25.3%
Yes, once or twice	4.8%
Yes, several times	4.1%
Yes, often	0.7%
Refused	0.9%

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Release date

August 2022

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Region

Nigeria

Survey time period

March 5 to 31, 2022

Number of respondents

1,600 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Nationally representative, random, clustered, stratified, multi-stage area probability sample.

The surveyy question was phrased by the source as follows:
"Here is a list of actions that people sometimes take as citizens. For each of these, please tell me whether you, personally, have done any of these things during the past year. [If “No”:] Would you do this if you had the chance: Participated in a demonstration or protest march?".

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