11th January 2023 Today January 11, 2023, Inclusive Friends Access Nigeria participated in the INEC strategy meeting with organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) to discuss the level of INECs…
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Pressing Beyond Limits: A PWD Political Experience
Story by Nansel Samuel A genuine character of democracy manifest when all citizens of a nation are served equal rights to participate in political processes. This right is enshrined in…
Creating Inclusive Political Institutions and Processes
Persons with disabilities should have the same access and opportunities to participate in political life as any other empowered citizen. The removal of barriers benefits not only citizens with disabilities…
SPEECH OF THE INEC HON. NATIONAL COMMISSIONER AND CHAIRMAN OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE
A KEYNOTE ADDRESS PRESENTED BY THE HON. NATIONAL COMMISSIONER AND CHAIRMAN OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE (OPC), INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC), PROF. KUNLE AJAYI, ON “THE ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES…
VOTE-ABILITY Campaign: Inclusive Friends Association to Increase the Participation of PWDs in the 2023 General Election
As the ban for electioneering campaigns will soon be officially flagged ahead of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the Inclusive Friends Association officially launched the Vote-ability Campaign as a…
Nigeria’s Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Demand Inclusion.
For Immediate Release 2022 International Democracy Day September 15, 2022 Today, Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2022 International Democracy Day with the theme “To Uphold…
Declare a State of Emergency- Inclusive Friends Association to IPAC Chairman
In the stride toward deepening the inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) across political party structures in Nigeria, the Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) took advocacy to the National Chairman of…
Joint Civil Society Statement on the Appointment of INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners
26th August 2022 On July 26, 2022, the Nigerian Senate announced President Buhari's appointment of nineteen Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) following the expiration of the tenure of the outgone RECs…
VOTEability campaign hits 11,661 PWDs registrants as Voters Registration Ends
In the last push for increased registration of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Inclusive Friends Association…
The Inclusive Friends Association walk for increase Voters Registration for PWDs
On Friday, July 22, 2022, The Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) with support from the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) launch the…