Voting: INEC To Give Priority To Aged, Pregnant Women, PLWD

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that pregnant women, aged people, the sick and persons with disabilities would be given priority to vote on election days without joining the queue.
INEC INEC boss INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kwara, Malam GarbaAttaihiru-Madami made this disclosure on Thursday in Ilorin at stakeholders’ meeting ahead of the 2019 general elections.
“We should give our aged, pregnant women, physically challenged and the sick the priority to vote on election days without joining the queue,” he said.
The REC told the stakeholders that INEC was ready and prepared to conduct the best, most credible, transparent and acceptable elections in the country.
He said accreditation and voting would hold simultaneously at the polling units, adding that immediately a voter is duly accredited, he would be given ballot paper and proceed to thumb print and cast his/her vote.
This, he said, was a departure from the past when voters were first accredited before they were allowed to vote. Attaihiru-Madami said Card Readers would be used during the elections, adding that the card readers have been upgraded and 99 per cent efficient and effective.
nel and materials during and after voting.
He declared that it is only INEC that has the constitutional right to announce results of elections, adding that it is illegal for anybody or group to announce results.
“I want to assure the people of Kwara that on the part of INEC, we will and must conduct free, fair, transparent and credible election which will be accepted by all stakeholders and applauded by the international community.
“Together we shall succeed, success is more of attitude problem, we should believe in ourselves and in INEC. There is no midway between success and failure; you either succeed or fail.
“I am optimistic with plans, preparation put in place for 2019 election, INEC Nigeria and INEC Kwara will conduct the best election ever. “We did well in 2015, but 2019 election will be better,” Attaihiru-Madami added.