A non-governmental organisation, the Carmelite Prisoners’ Interest Organisation (CAPIO), said it had started a project titled, “Pollrite 23,” to enforce the electoral rights of inmates in Nigeria.
The Executive Director, CAPIO, Rev. Fr. Jude Isiguzo, said this while briefing the Controller-General, Nigerian Correctional Service , Mr Haliru Nababa, about the project on Thursday in Abuja.
“The Pollrite 23 project aims to facilitate civic engagement among communities with low voters’ turnout, including inmates in Nigeria. Isiguzo recalled that a Federal High Court in Benin, Edo had in 2014, upheld the rights of inmates to vote.“But this can change with your collaboration alongside other relevant government agencies including the Independent National Electoral Commission , the Federal Ministry of Interior, the Presidency and the NCoS,” Isiguzo noted.Responding, the Controller-General, Mr Haliru Nababa, acknowledged the numerous interventions of CAPIO, which had improved the wellbeing of inmates in the country.
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