The Inclusive Friends Association (IFA), launched the Vote-ability Campaign as a disability rights movement led by IFA for Nigeria’s over 30 million persons with disabilities (PWDs). The goal of the campaign…
Tag: Inclusion
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 LAUNCH PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 27, 2022 Press Conference to Launch of VOTE-ABILITY Campaign ahead of the 2023 General Elections: “Increasing the Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Elections”. Preamble:…
IFA Encourage PWDs to Apply for 2023 General Elections Engagements
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has launched a recruitment portal for ad-hoc staff ahead of the 2023 general elections. The available positions for recruitment include: Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO)…
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…
Inclusive Friends Advocacy Gains: INEC to deploy 35 PWDs as Ad Hoc Staff for Osun Election
As a result of the Inclusive Friends Association’s (IFA) consistent advocacy for inclusion and accessibility for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in the electoral process, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…