Group, INEC take voter registration to Benue IDPs amid disenfranchisement fears
Nigeria, June 30 -- To ensure that people displaced by insecurity are not excluded from the electoral process, a disability rights organisation, TAF Africa, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have taken a voter registration campaign to an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Benue State.
The organisation said the event, held at the Mega IDP Camp in Agan, Makurdi, was part of its campaign to expand electoral participation among people living with disability and other vulnerable groups.
TAF Africa's senior monitoring and evaluation officer, Terfa Tyokase, said displacement should not deprive citizens of their constitutional right to vote.
"Displacement does not mean their right to vote is denied. Democracy is ...
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