INEC sensitises Ondo PWDs, reaffirms commitment to inclusive elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ondo State has reaffirmed its committedness to improving electoral information among persons with disabilities, PWDs, assuring them of continued efforts to marque elections much accessible and inclusive.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, for Ondo State, Dr Mutiu Agboke, gave the assurance during a one-day store organised to sensitise PWDs connected measures designed to amended their information successful the electoral process.

The store brought unneurotic leaders of antithetic disablement groups, including persons with ocular and proceeding impairments, persons with albinism, and representatives of different disablement communities crossed the state.

Speaking astatine the programme, Agboke said the Commission was committed to removing barriers that could forestall eligible voters with disabilities from exercising their voting rights.

He said, “INEC volition proceed to instrumentality deliberate steps to amended electoral information among persons with disabilities and guarantee that eligible voters tin enactment successful elections without unnecessary barriers.”

The REC explained that the Commission was implementing measures to marque polling environments much accessible and supply assistive devices that would alteration PWDs to ballot independently portion maintaining ...