Disabled female voter commends INEC for special treatment

News Agency Of Nigeria 15:22 - 09 March 2019

In Ado Ekiti, polling unit 001 at Ado D Ijigbo ward witnessed a disabled Ekiti indigene casting her vote among the crowd.

Jamila Dayyabu, physically challenged, on Saturday commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the special treatment given to people with disability, the aged and pregnant women.

Dayyabu, a nursing mother and crippled, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that she had voted at polling unit 016 Miyatti Allah, Rigasa, Kaduna.

I am happy because l didnt join any queue before voting, I was accredited and I cast my ballot immediately after arriving the polling unit, she said.

She said she had shun elections in the past due to the stress people with special needs faced but was encouraged to vote this time because of the provisions made for the disabled by INEC.

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Dayyabu urged people with disability not to relent in discharging their civic responsibilities as they were also Nigerians.