We will give priority to PWDs, elderly on election days – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, successful Ogun State has assured that Persons With Disabilities, PWDs, the elderly, and large women volition beryllium fixed precedence during the 2027 elections successful the state.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, successful Ogun State, Feyijimi Shaseyi, gave the assurance during a media parley held astatine the Secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Abeokuta, connected Thursday.

Shaseyi stated that the Commission has enactment successful spot deliberate measures to guarantee inclusivity and easiness of information for susceptible groups, stressing that nary eligible elector would beryllium disenfranchised connected relationship of carnal information oregon circumstance.

According to her, INEC has developed policies and operational frameworks to cater specifically to the needs of PWDs, adding that dedicated departments wrong the Commission person been tasked with overseeing the payment and information of susceptible voters, to guarantee that they are attended to promptly and with dignity.

She said, “The provisions see the proviso of assistive materials specified arsenic Braille guides for visually impaired voters, arsenic good arsenic enactment systems for those with mobility challenges.

“On predetermination day, cipher volition beryllium excluded. We person structures successful spot to guarantee that persons surviving with disabilities, the eld...