'Lai Olurode Electoral and Boundary Commission(IEBC) of Kenya. Chapter seven was a paper presented by Ahmed Issack Hassan during the 2010 workshop while chapter eight was by Lilian Mahiri Zaja which was presented during the 2012 workshop. Hassan, in chapter seven indicated the scope of areas and items which deserve to be secured during elections- materials, election personnel and data transmission installations. He also adumbrated on key security challenges which were similar to those of Nigeria. He lamented the additional burdens of financial and logistical operations of planning for and coordinating election security. He however cautioned on the need for balance and avoidance of overzealousness on the part of security personnel who might not have been well briefed in the content of an unclear chain of command. In chapter eight, Lilian Zaja dwelt at length on new security challenges of election management in Kenya. As a preamble to her presentation, she discussed the violence that was the backlash of the Kenyan 2007 elections in which according to her over 1,300 died. Some reforms were undertaken as a result of the acrimonious outcome of the election and a new constitution was put in place in 2010. She opined and rightly too that security is a constant variable throughout the electoral process involving registration of voters, voter education, campaign periods, actual polling, during counting, tallying and declaration of results. Terrorist attacks by Al-Shabaab and the general increase in crimes, youth unemployment and lawlessness have combined to undermine the electoral process. She articulated some ideas that could help to mitigate 14 ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING Election Security in Nigeria: Is there a Silver Lining? these challenges which include competency of election staff, a credible strategy toward ensuring enhanced security in elections as their professionalism, discipline and competence reinforce public confidence in the electoral process. Moreover, security planning, she contended, must form part of the cornerstone of election management. Rules of engagement must be made clear and adequate resources provided. It is re-assuring for us in Nigeria to realize that we are not alone in the enormous security challenges that we contend with perennially. Election administration entails partnership with stakeholders security agencies, government and non­governmental organizations among others. INEC as an election management body needs this synergy more than any other group involved in election matters. Stakeholders' perspectives in election matters are important. The workshop, in recognition of the importance of other stakeholders, devoted a session to roundtable perspectives and input. The roundtable reflected on new security challenges that may frustrate the 2015 general elections and proffered solutions that may ameliorate the probable toxic impact. The summary of the roundtable was prefaced with a brief contribution by INEC's Deputy Director of security Alhaji Abdulhamid Buba. Among the participants at the roundtable were the following organizations: The Army, The Air Force, The Navy, the Police Service Commission, Nigerian Immigration Services, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, National Youth Service Corps(NYSC), Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), The Nigerian Fire Service, State Security Service(SSS) and Nigerian Prison Service(NPS). ELECTION SECURITY IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING 15