Osun 2022: PWDs will be carried along – INEC

Forward of the 2022 gubernatorial election in Osun State, the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) has assured of efficient and seamless participation of Folks With Disabilities (PWDs) within the election and different actions.

The Osun INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Professor Abdulganiy Olayinka Raji made this recognized at a one-day voter schooling and sensitisation assembly for signal language interpreters and listening to impaired/deaf voters in direction of an inclusive election on Monday in Osogbo.

“Let me solid our thoughts again to a number of the efforts the Fee had made in time previous to make sure efficient mainstreaming of PWDs within the electoral course of. The Fee developed a working doc: ‘INEC Framework on Entry and Participation of PWDs within the Electoral Course of’ and launched it in October 2018, lengthy earlier than the Incapacity Act was signed into legislation in January, 2019.

“Ever since then, the Fee has been making efforts geared in direction of efficient and seamless participation of PWDs in election and different actions. To appreciate all these, magnifying glasses for individuals with low imaginative and prescient and albinism had been supplied, voter info in braille for individuals with visible impairment was produced within the construct as much as the 2015 Common Election, braille poll information and signal language interpreters in all our main occasions and actions had been launched.

“With this dedication of the Fee, I wish to enjoin you all to help INEC in making her imaginative and prescient and mission of capturing all eligible PWDs into the online of electoral course of, not simply as individuals however elected individuals into the important thing elective/political and appointive workplaces.”

Raji added that the Fee within the State has had a sequence of engagements with crucial election stakeholders, similar to conventional rulers throughout all of the native governments, cities and villages.

In response to him, “We had reached out to spiritual leaders on voter schooling, sensitization and enlightenment and interfaced and interacted with the Christian Affiliation of Nigeria (CAN) and Osun State Muslim Group (OSMC) on their Annual Convention of Bishops, Pastors and Evangelists and Imams and Alfas throughout their month-to-month assembly, respectively.

“Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Group Primarily based Organizations (CBOs) had additionally pledged their dedication to help us in reaching out to youths, ladies, PWDs, political class.”

Osun 2022: PWDs will likely be carried alongside – INEC