Osun Guber: INEC assures equal voting rights for PWDs

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has stated that Persons With Disabilities, PWDs, person each close to enactment successful elections successful enactment with Section 54 of the Electoral Act, arsenic preparations intensify for the August 15, 2026 Osun State governorship election.

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner successful Osun State, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, made the declaration on Tuesday in Osogbo portion delivering her invited code astatine an engagement gathering with PWDs and Electoral Officers connected the deployment and usage of assistive devices up of the election.

Babalola described the gathering arsenic a important measurement towards ensuring that the electoral process remains inclusive, transparent and accessible to each eligible voter, irrespective of disability.

She said the gathering underscored INEC’s committedness to inclusivity, equity and accessibility, stressing that persons with disabilities play a captious relation successful shaping Nigeria’s ideology and should not beryllium excluded from the electoral process.

According to her, “The committee is determined to region barriers that whitethorn hinder information and to guarantee that each eligible national tin workout the close to ballot independently and with dignity.”

She added that improved entree to voting tools and electoral accusation would promote greater information among PWDs and assistance trim elector apathy wrong the community...