INEC Moves To Allow Prison Inmates Vote

The Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) has disclosed its plan of permitting inmates take part in electoral actions.

 

This was revealed whereas Dr Adekunle Ogunmola, the Nationwide Commissioner of INEC Outreach and Participation Committee (OPC) hosted the Government Director of CAPIO, Rev. Fr Jude Isiguzo, who led his group on an advocacy go to to the INEC headquarters on Wednesday November 10.

 

Fr Isiguzo had by the Pollrite 23 challenge, known as for the enforcement of the voting rights of Nigerian inmates, particularly with the 2023 normal election quick approaching.

 

Reacting to this, Dr Ogunmola, who represented the INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu on the assembly disclosed that very same concern was raised throughout INEC engagements with the safety businesses.

Ogunmola stated;

 

“It’s like you’re preaching to the transformed as a result of the fee has tried to do one thing in that course previously.

“I remembered that the response of the Chairman is all the time that there can be a necessity for additional interplay with the correctional companies in order to have the ability to decide the modus operand of attaining that.”

“I wish to say that your intention of making certain that the rights of inmates are protected, not less than on the subject of participation within the electoral course of is one thing that’s a part of the imaginative and prescient of the fee as a result of within the strategic plan of the fee in 2022 to 2026, there may be an modification to the imaginative and prescient and that’s inclusivity.

“Nicely, we now have all the time maintained that we wish to give Nigerians free, honest and credible election however we are actually altering it to incorporate inclusive election.

“I wish to guarantee you that this go to will spur the fee to make sure that motion is taken on this course.”

 

Ogunmola additionally promised that the electoral fee would discover a means round it.