2,077 PWDs set to vote in Ekiti Governorship Election

Two 1000 and seventy-seven eligible Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) are expected to enactment successful the Ekiti governorship predetermination on Saturday, June 20, 2026, alongside different voters to workout their franchise.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ gathering successful Ado-Ekiti and assured that the committee has enactment measures successful spot to warrant their afloat inclusion successful the voting process.

He explained that assistive devices specified arsenic Braille ballot guides and magnifying glasses volition beryllium deployed to alteration visually impaired voters, persons with albinism, and different categories of persons surviving with disabilities to formed their ballots without hindrance.

According to him, inclusivity remains a large constituent of the Commission’s electoral preparations, reaffirming that nary eligible elector would beryllium disenfranchised connected relationship of disability. He added that intimidation is simply a superior interest that would beryllium addressed by stakeholders.

Meanwhile, the INEC president remarked: “Until now, determination were 14 governmental parties published arsenic participating successful the election. In presumption of the Supreme Court determination successful the SDP case, the Commission has reviewed its presumption connected the information of the SDP campaigner and has truthful decided to see the campaigner of the SDP connected the ballot for...