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In 2022, Stears decided to use data to answer a simple question: "Who will emerge victorious in the elections". But how was this data built?
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In February 2023, Stears correctly predicted the outcome of Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Elections.
Combining a national opinion poll with a first-of-its-kind electoral prediction model, Stears accurately forecasted a <a href="https://www.stears.co/article/3-takeaways-from-nigerias-2023-presidential-election/">Bola Ahmed Tinubu victory</a> amid low voter turnout and the winning party and candidate in five out of six polled states in Nigeria. 
 
<h2>Breaking the myth of Nigerian exceptionalism</h2>
Nigerians have long had an uneasy relationship with data. There is some respect for its value; most notably when we effusively declare that data is the new oil. But there is also more than healthy scepticism

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