Question 1

What is Naija Reality?

Accepted Answer

Naija Reality is an independent civic intelligence platform that transforms citizen-reported lived experiences into transparent public data. The platform helps Nigerians understand how people across the country are experiencing everyday life under the current administration.

Question 2

Is Naija Reality a government website?

Accepted Answer

No. Naija Reality is not a government website. It is an independent, non-partisan civic technology platform and is not affiliated with any political party, candidate, campaign, or government institution.

Question 3

What does Naija Reality do?

Accepted Answer

Naija Reality collects anonymous Reality Check responses, calculates civic sentiment scores, shows national and state-level patterns, tracks category performance, and turns public participation into civic intelligence.

Question 4

What does Naija Reality not do?

Accepted Answer

Naija Reality does not campaign for any political party or candidate, does not tell people who to support, does not publish fake testimonials, and does not claim to be a scientific national census. It reports participation-driven civic sentiment from verified responses.

Question 5

Who can participate?

Accepted Answer

The current Reality Check is designed primarily for Nigerians aged 18 and above who live in Nigeria or spend a significant portion of their time in Nigeria and directly experience local conditions. A dedicated Diaspora Reality Check is part of the next phase of the platform.

Question 6

Can Nigerians living abroad participate?

Accepted Answer

The current Reality Check focuses on lived experiences within Nigeria. Nigerians living abroad will be able to participate through a dedicated Diaspora Reality Check planned for the next phase of the platform. This approach helps ensure that local and diaspora experiences are measured accurately and reported separately.

Question 7

Can I take the Reality Check more than once?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Reality changes, and the platform is designed to capture those changes. Participants can update their Reality Check approximately every six months to reflect their current lived experience. If conditions have improved, the new response should show that. If conditions have worsened, the new response should reflect that as well. To protect data quality and reduce manipulation, only one active Reality Check per participant is counted within each six-month participation window.

Question 8

Why can I update my Reality Check after six months?

Accepted Answer

Because reality is not static. A person’s lived experience can improve or worsen over time, and perceptions of government performance can also change as conditions change. Allowing periodic updates helps Naija Reality track real-world changes and build a more accurate picture of national and state-level trends.

Question 9

Is my response anonymous?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Naija Reality is designed around anonymous participation. The platform focuses on aggregated civic intelligence, not exposing individual identities.

Question 10

Do you collect my name, phone number, or email?

Accepted Answer

The Reality Check is designed to avoid unnecessary personal data collection. Where verification or abuse-prevention tools are used, they are handled for data quality and platform security, not for public identification.

Question 11

Do you sell individual data?

Accepted Answer

No. Naija Reality does not sell individual-level participant data. Public reporting is based on anonymised and aggregated results.

Question 12

Can my response be linked publicly to me?

Accepted Answer

Public results are shown in aggregate. Naija Reality does not publish individual identities, individual raw submissions, or personally identifying participant records.

Question 13

What does the Reality Check measure?

Accepted Answer

The Reality Check measures citizen-reported lived experience across nine areas: Economy, Security, Electricity & Infrastructure, Employment & Standard of Living, Healthcare, Education, Youth & Digital Economy, National Economy, and Social Wellbeing.

Question 14

What is the Current Administration National Reality Index?

Accepted Answer

The Current Administration National Reality Index, or NRI, is Naija Reality’s flagship civic intelligence metric. It summarises verified Reality Check responses into a single national benchmark showing how participants are reporting lived experience under the current administration.

Question 15

What does the National Verdict mean?

Accepted Answer

The National Verdict is the interpretation of the NRI score. Scores below 45 are treated as Below Baseline, scores from 45 to 65 are Mixed Reality, and scores from 66 upward are Above Baseline.

Question 16

Are all categories weighted equally?

Accepted Answer

No. The platform uses category weights to reflect the relative importance assigned during the methodology design. These weights are documented on the Methodology page and may evolve over time through transparent methodology updates.

Question 17

Is Naija Reality political?

Accepted Answer

Naija Reality is civic, not partisan. It exists to help citizens document lived experience and promote accountability through transparent data. It does not support or oppose any political party, candidate, or government institution.

Question 18

Can political parties or governments use the data?

Accepted Answer

Public aggregate data can be read by anyone, including citizens, journalists, researchers, political actors, and government institutions. However, Naija Reality does not provide partisan endorsements or custom political campaign services.

Question 19

Can Naija Reality be used to attack a political party?

Accepted Answer

No. The platform is not designed for propaganda or partisan attacks. It is designed to show citizen-reported lived experience in a transparent, structured, and non-partisan way.

Question 20

How do you protect against manipulation?

Accepted Answer

Naija Reality uses trust and abuse-prevention measures such as participation limits, response validation, duplicate detection, suspicious pattern checks, and aggregation eligibility rules. These safeguards help reduce manipulation and protect public data quality.

Question 21

What does aggregation-eligible mean?

Accepted Answer

Aggregation-eligible responses are responses that pass the platform’s data quality and trust checks and can be included in public national, state, and category summaries.

Question 22

Why are some responses not counted publicly?

Accepted Answer

Some responses may be excluded from public aggregation if they fail trust checks, appear duplicated, are incomplete, or show signs of manipulation. This protects the credibility of the platform.

Question 23

Can journalists use Naija Reality data?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Journalists may reference Naija Reality public data with proper attribution. The platform is designed to support public discussion, accountability reporting, and evidence-based civic conversation.

Question 24

Can researchers use the data?

Accepted Answer

Naija Reality may support research use through anonymised, aggregated datasets or research partnerships. Individual participant identities are not published.

Question 25

Is Naija Reality a scientific national census?

Accepted Answer

No. Naija Reality is participation-driven civic sentiment data. It reflects the experiences of verified platform participants and should not be described as a statistically representative census of all Nigerians.

Question 26

How is data protected?

Accepted Answer

Naija Reality uses modern database, access-control, and platform security practices to protect submitted data. Access to sensitive systems is limited and public reporting is based on aggregated results.

Question 27

What happens if a security issue is discovered?

Accepted Answer

If a serious security issue is discovered, Naija Reality will investigate, take corrective action, and communicate responsibly based on the nature of the issue and any applicable legal or platform obligations.

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