Nigerians have been charged to compel politicians to sign affidavits on their electoral promises with the view to holding them accountable.

This happened during the public presentation of a document tagged: "The Nigerian Social Contract Document," published by the OurMumuDonDo Movement.

Raphael Adebayo, National Secretary of OurMumuDonDo Movement, said the social contract is the real "next level" that Nigerians need, noting that “Nigeria is not on any level, but on the level of poverty, recession and bad governance."

He explained further that the social contract would focus more on women and youth, adding that when women and youth are empowered, Nigerians would be liberated from the shackles of poverty.

Adebayo noted that the electorate and voting population must understand and reconstruct their engagement with the democratic process as the “real owners” of government and the Nigerian project. He added that without the people’s participation and commitment to the electoral and political processes, democracy would continue to suffer in Nigeria.

“As an organisation advocating for social change, we believe that for there to be a stable and progressive society, there must be some established norms guiding the relationship between the people and the government of the state. These established norms will define mutual obligations between the people and their leaders at the national and subnational levels of government. These mutual obligations will form the nucleus of the agreement that we call the Social Contract,” he said.